Excel TEXT() Formula Getting the Month returning “mmm”

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Excel TEXT() Formula Getting the Month returning “mmm”



I got a report in excel and I'm having some trouble with a Russian PC. The formula TEXT is being used to get the month name from a date but, in the Russian PC it's not working and not given an error.



The formula is =TEXT(D7, "mmm") and the result is "mmm".


=TEXT(D7, "mmm")


"mmm"



I also tried (The excel way to handle dates in different languages):



=TEXT(D7, "[$-409]mmm") and the result is "mmm".


=TEXT(D7, "[$-409]mmm")


"mmm"



I've tested different date functions and they all working. (Sum(), month(), changing data format, etc).


Sum()


month()



Version: Excel 365


Excel 365



As it works in my pc, does anyone have any idea what might be causing the error?




2 Answers
2



First - The mmm should be MMM.


mmm


MMM



Then, the fact that the PC is in Russian is a bit irrelevant. What matters is the installation language of Excel.



You may try the following


43319


A1


=TEXT(A1,"MMM")


M


Aug





If I copy ММ directly out of the RU-RU docs and test the character code, I come up with ascii 63 (unicode 1052). Not what I would expect from an EN-US M (ascii 77).
– Jeeped
Aug 7 at 16:18



ММ





@Jeeped - if you copy any of these words - =ТЕКСТ(СЕГОДНЯ();"ДД.ММ.ГГ") you would get 63. Guess you are using something like this - ?Asc(Range("A1")). stackoverflow.com/questions/25838639/…
– Vityata
Aug 7 at 16:21



=ТЕКСТ(СЕГОДНЯ();"ДД.ММ.ГГ")


?Asc(Range("A1"))





No, just CODE(...) and UNICODE(...) on the worksheet.
– Jeeped
Aug 7 at 16:22





@Jeeped - yeah, the built-in formulas are faster.
– Vityata
Aug 7 at 16:25





Sorry, for taking too long to answer. But it didn't work as well. I've tried to use the number format stead date, but the result is always the same "MMM".
– Inacius
Aug 14 at 11:17



I've found a way to fix it creating a new formula in VBA and it worked great.



Press Alt+F11 (to open the VBA editor) Then Click the menu item Insert > Module In the new VBA module, enter the following:


Public Function FMT$(ByVal Value, ByVal strFormat)
FMT = VBA.Format$(Value, strFormat)
End Function



To use this, simply type =FMT(A1, "MMM") instead of =TEXT(A1, "MMM").


=FMT(A1, "MMM")


=TEXT(A1, "MMM")



Credits to https://superuser.com/questions/730371/how-to-prevent-excel-to-use-the-os-regional-settings-for-date-patterns-in-formul






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