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FormatMonthName ( monthTxt )

Returns a fully written out month name from an abbreviation or numeric value

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Tim Cimbura - Show more from this author LuminFire http://luminfire.com

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/* FormatMonthName Custom Function Tim Cimbura, http://www.cimbura.com FormatMonthName ("feb") "February" Parameters: monthTxt Can be any number 1-12, a 3 letter abbreviation of the month, etc. Returns the name of the month fully spelled out nicely */ Let ( monthTxt = Trim(monthTxt) ; Case ( PatternCount(monthTxt; "jan")>0 or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=1; "January"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "feb")>0 or Left(monthTxt,1)="f" or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=2; "February"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "mar")>0 or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=3; "March"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "apr")>0 or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=4; "April"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "may")>0 or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=5; "May"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "jun")>0 or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=6; "June"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "jul")>0 or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=7; "July"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "aug")>0 or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=8; "August"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "sep")>0 or Left(monthTxt,1)="s" or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=9; "September"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "oct")>0 or Left(monthTxt,1)="o" or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=10; "October"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "nov")>0 or Left(monthTxt,1)="n" or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=11; "November"; PatternCount(monthTxt; "dec")>0 or Left(monthTxt,1)="d" or GetAsNumber(monthTxt)=12; "December"; "")) Click to copy

Returns a fully written out month name from an abbreviation or numeric value
Can be any number 1-12, a 3 letter abbreviation of the month, etc.
You can even enter 1 character value for those months where it is unique. Example: "s" = September.
Returns the name of the month fully spelled out nicely

 

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