Table of Contents
To retrieve the name of a month from a given date in VBA, the following steps can be followed:
1. First, the given date needs to be converted into a date format that is recognized by VBA. This can be done using the “CDate” function.
2. Next, the “MonthName” function can be used to retrieve the name of the month from the converted date. This function takes in two parameters – the month number and a boolean value indicating whether to return the full month name or the abbreviated name.
3. The retrieved name of the month can then be stored in a variable for future use or displayed on the screen using the “MsgBox” function.
Overall, by using the “CDate” and “MonthName” functions in VBA, the name of the month can be easily retrieved from a given date.
VBA: Get Month Name from Date
You can use the MonthName function in VBA to get the month name from a date in Excel.
Here is one common way to use this function in practice:
Sub GetMonthName()
Dim i As Integer
For i = 2 To 11
Range("C" & i) = MonthName(Month(Range("A" & i)))
Next i
End Sub
This particular macro finds the name of the month for each date in the range A2:A11 and displays these names in the corresponding cells in the range C2:C11.
The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice.
Example: How to Get Month Name from Date Using VBA
Suppose we have the following dataset in Excel that contains information about the sales made by some company on various dates:
Suppose we would like to get the month name for each cell in the Date column.
We can create the following macro to do so:
Sub GetMonthName()
Dim i As Integer
For i = 2 To 11
Range("C" & i)= MonthName(Month(Range("A" & i)))
Next i
End Sub
When we run this macro, we receive the following output:
Notice that column C contains the month name for each corresponding date in column A.
If you would instead like to return the abbreviated month name, you can use an optional True argument within the MonthName function as follows:
Sub GetMonthName()
Dim i As Integer
For i = 2 To 11
Range("C" & i)= MonthName(Month(Range("A" & i)), True)
Next i
End Sub
When we run this macro, we receive the following output:
Column C now contains the abbreviated month name for each corresponding date in column A.
Additional Resources
The following tutorials explain how to perform other common tasks in VBA: