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Month number shows month name incorrectly

Hi all,

Interested to know why the following calc column is showing the incorrect month name from month number. It is always one less than the actual month name

I extract text month number, convert to a number and then format that as month name. However month number 1 is converted to December, not January for example. The produce month name is always -1 the actual month.

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Thoughts?

Many thanks,
J

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Greg_Deckler
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With those FORMAT types, they are expecting a Date, not an integer number of the month


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Greg_Deckler
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With those FORMAT types, they are expecting a Date, not an integer number of the month


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Thanks for the tip Greg. I created a dummy date to turn this into a date.
Cheers, J

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Yep, I've fallen into the same trap before and sat there for hours staring at the code before slapping myself in the forehead!!


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