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Month Format

‎05-02-2018 12:02 PM

I am trying to add the month into the report I am creating. I made a measure and have displayed it as a card. This is the formula for my measure. Report Month = FORMAT(MONTH(TODAY()),"mmmm"). However, the card is displaying January and not May.

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TomMartens
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‎05-02-2018 12:08 PM

Hey,

 

use this formula:

Current Month Name = FORMAT(TODAY(),"mmmm")

Format needs a real date, using MONTH is returning just an integer.


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TomMartens
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‎05-02-2018 12:08 PM

Hey,

 

use this formula:

Current Month Name = FORMAT(TODAY(),"mmmm")

Format needs a real date, using MONTH is returning just an integer.


Regards

Tom 



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Phil_Seamark
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‎05-02-2018 12:14 PM

And a date of 5 is Thursday the 4th of January, 1900, which is why it was returning Jan

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Phil_Seamark
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‎05-02-2018 12:06 PM

Hi @Anonymous

 

Please try this instead. 

 

Report Month = FORMAT(TODAY(),"MMMM")
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