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
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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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