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The method for finding the first Sunday of each month in Excel involves using the formula “=DATE(year, month, 1)+7-WEEKDAY(DATE(year, month, 1))”, where “year” and “month” are the desired year and month, respectively. This formula calculates the date of the first day of the specified month, and then uses the WEEKDAY function to determine the day number (1 for Sunday, 2 for Monday, etc.). By adding 7 and subtracting the day number from the first day’s date, the formula returns the date of the first Sunday in the given month. This method can be applied to any month and year, making it a useful tool for organizing and planning in Excel.
Excel: Find the First Sunday of Each Month
You can use the following formula in Excel to find the first Sunday of a given month:
=A2-DAY(A2)+8-WEEKDAY(A2-DAY(A2))
This particular example returns the first Sunday of the month for the date in cell A2.
The following example shows how to use this formula in practice.
Example: Find First Sunday of Month in Excel
Suppose we have the following list of dates in Excel:
We can type the following formula into cell B2 to find the first Sunday of the month for the date in cell A2:
=A2-DAY(A2)+8-WEEKDAY(A2-DAY(A2))
We can then click and drag this formula down to each remaining cell in column B:
Column B now contains the date of the first Sunday of each month in column A.
For example, the first date of 1/1/2023 contains the month of January for 2023.
We can confirm that 1/1/2023 is indeed the first Sunday of this month by referring to a calendar:
Similarly, the next date of 2/1/2023 contains the month of February for 2023.
We can confirm that 2/5/2023 is indeed the first Sunday of this month by referring to a calendar:
We can confirm that each date in column B indeed represents the first Sunday of the month for each corresponding date in column A.
Additional Resources
The following tutorials explain how to perform other common operations in Excel: