Excel: Month Function

In Excel, the Month function returns the month (a number from 1 to 12) given a date value.

The syntax for the Month function is:

Month( date_value )

date_value is a valid date.

Applies To:

For example:

Let's take a look at an example:

Based on the Excel spreadsheet above:

=Month(A1) would return 1.

=Month(A2) would return 3.

=Month(A3) would return 2.

VBA Code

The Month function can also be used in VBA code. For example:

Dim LMonth As Integer

LMonth = Month("12/31/2001")

In this example, the variable called LMonth would now contain the value of 12.