I need a function or formula that will return the number of days in a month.
I saw it in one of my reference books, but I'll probably never find it again.
Please help.

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Ryan Proudfit

=DAYS(EOMONTH( target date,0))

to use EOMONTH() you must have the Analysis toolpack add-in loaded

To get the same answer without the Analysis toolpack

=DAY(Date(year(target date), month( target date)+1, 1)-1)

Duke

"Ryan Proudfit" wrote:

I need a function or formula that will return the number of days in a month.
I saw it in one of my reference books, but I'll probably never find it again.
Please help.

--
Ryan Proudfit

Hi


"Duke Carey" wrote in message
...
=DAYS(EOMONTH( target date,0))

to use EOMONTH() you must have the Analysis toolpack add-in loaded

To get the same answer without the Analysis toolpack

=DAY(Date(year(target date), month( target date)+1, 1)-1)

Somewhat shorter version:
=DAY(Date(year(target date), month( target date)+1, 0))


Arvi Laanemets

Ryan,

The following formula will return the number of days in the
current month.

=DAY(DATE(YEAR(NOW()),MONTH(NOW())+1,0))

It works because the 0th day of one month is the last day of the
prior month.

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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com









"Ryan Proudfit" wrote in
message
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I need a function or formula that will return the number of days
in a month.
I saw it in one of my reference books, but I'll probably never
find it again.
Please help.

--
Ryan Proudfit

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:17:04 -0700, "Ryan Proudfit"
wrote:

I need a function or formula that will return the number of days in a month.
I saw it in one of my reference books, but I'll probably never find it again.
Please help.


Given any date in a month in A1, the number of days in that month is:

=32-DAY(A1-DAY(A1)+32)


--ron

I tried both ways and still get an error. All I'm doing is substituting a
cell reference in the target date portion of the formula. What the heck am I
doing wrong?

Ryan :\

"Duke Carey" wrote:

=DAYS(EOMONTH( target date,0))

to use EOMONTH() you must have the Analysis toolpack add-in loaded

To get the same answer without the Analysis toolpack

=DAY(Date(year(target date), month( target date)+1, 1)-1)

Duke

"Ryan Proudfit" wrote:

I need a function or formula that will return the number of days in a month.
I saw it in one of my reference books, but I'll probably never find it again.
Please help.

--
Ryan Proudfit

That's a new one on me., Arvi. Live and learn (and learn, and learn)

"Arvi Laanemets" wrote:

Hi


"Duke Carey" wrote in message
...
=DAYS(EOMONTH( target date,0))

to use EOMONTH() you must have the Analysis toolpack add-in loaded

To get the same answer without the Analysis toolpack

=DAY(Date(year(target date), month( target date)+1, 1)-1)

Somewhat shorter version:
=DAY(Date(year(target date), month( target date)+1, 0))


Arvi Laanemets

Hi

Are you sure you have a date in cell, not a datestring. When you format the
cell with date as general, does it change to number? When not, then you have
to convert it, or to modify the formula so it works with datestring.


Arvi Laanemets


"Ryan Proudfit" wrote in message
...
I tried both ways and still get an error. All I'm doing is substituting a
cell reference in the target date portion of the formula. What the heck
am I
doing wrong?

Ryan :\

"Duke Carey" wrote:

=DAYS(EOMONTH( target date,0))

to use EOMONTH() you must have the Analysis toolpack add-in loaded

To get the same answer without the Analysis toolpack

=DAY(Date(year(target date), month( target date)+1, 1)-1)

Duke

"Ryan Proudfit" wrote:

I need a function or formula that will return the number of days in a
month.
I saw it in one of my reference books, but I'll probably never find it
again.
Please help.

--
Ryan Proudfit

"Arvi Laanemets" wrote in message
...

Somewhat shorter version:
=DAY(Date(year(target date), month( target date)+1, 0))

and if you can guarantee that target date will never be later than the 28th
then

=DAY(A14+32-DAY(A14+32))

is shorter still, otherwise

=DAY(A14-DAY(A14)+32-DAY(A14-DAY(A14)+32))

Sandy

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