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ukeasyproj
9 years agoHelper II
error when extracting month from Date
I am trying to create a calculated column that extracts the month of a given date in the following format: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 But I get the error above. ...
- 9 years ago
Sorry, you are right! I used a list of numbers 1..12 in my test, forgot to add back in the Month() function. It should have read
= RIGHT ( "0" & Month( [Start Date] ), 2 )
Brian_M
9 years agoContinued Contributor
Try
= RIGHT("0" & [Start Date],2)
- blopez119 years agoSuper User
Why not use a date table with monthNum field as you specify above and relate the date table to your StartDate column?
- Brian_M9 years agoContinued Contributor
Sorry, you are right! I used a list of numbers 1..12 in my test, forgot to add back in the Month() function. It should have read
= RIGHT ( "0" & Month( [Start Date] ), 2 )