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ukeasyproj
Helper II
Helper II

error when extracting month from Date

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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.  Any help will be appreciated.

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Brian_M
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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 )

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Brian_M
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Responsive Resident

Try 

= RIGHT("0" & [Start Date],2)

Why not use a date table with monthNum field as you specify above and relate the date table to your StartDate column?

Brian_M
Responsive Resident
Responsive Resident

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 )

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