Return Date of the First, or nth Day of Month
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Return Date of the First, or nth Day of Month
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The Custom Function below can be used to return the date of the nth specified day of any given month.
It can be used in any cell like;
=nthDayOfMonth("sun","11/11/2005",2)
Where "Sun" is the day we need to return the date of the 2nd occurrence of Sunday in the Month November.
Syntax
=nthDayOfMonth(Which_Day,Which_Date,Occurence)
Which_Day is a text abbreviation on any day, e.g. "Sat"
Which_Date is a text representation of any valid date, e.g. "10-Oct-2005", "10-10-2005" etc
Occurence is the occurrence of Which_Day
To be able to use this custom function in a Workbook, you must first place the code below into a standard module.
- Open The Workbook.
- Go To Tools>Macro>Visual Basic Editor (Alt+F11).
- Then To Insert>Module.
- Paste In The Code.
- Click The Top Right X To Return To Excel.
The Code
Function NthDayOfMonth(Which_Day As String, Which_Date As String, Occurence As Byte) As Date
Dim i As Integer
Dim iDay As Integer
Dim iDaysInMonth As Integer
Dim FullDateNew As Date
Dim lCount As Long
Which_Date = CDate(Which_Date)
Select Case UCase(Which_Day)
Case "SUN"
iDay = 1
Case "MON"
iDay = 2
Case "TUE"
iDay = 3
Case "WED"
iDay = 4
Case "THU"
iDay = 5
Case "FRI"
iDay = 6
Case "SAT"
iDay = 7
End Select
FullDateNew = DateSerial(Year(Which_Date), Month(Which_Date), 1)
iDaysInMonth = Day(DateAdd("d", -1, DateSerial _
(Year(Which_Date), Month(Which_Date) + 1, 1)))
For i = 0 To iDaysInMonth
If Weekday(FullDateNew + i) = iDay Then
lCount = lCount + 1
End If
If lCount = Occurence Then
NthDayOfMonth = FullDateNew + i
Exit For
End If
Next i
End Function
Now simply enter the function into any cell as shown above.
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| Excel Message Box (MsgBox) Function |
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| Automatically Add Date, Time or Date & Time |
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| Use AutoFilter in Excel VBA to Filter by Date & Time |
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