Microsoft Excel's Month and Weekday functions output numeric values for a given date. The Month function results in the month numbers, such as "3" for March or "12" for December.

Also be aware that a secondary problem caused by this date issue is that Excel’s WEEKDAY function returns the wrong day of the week for all dates earlier than March 1, 1900, a problem that can be ...

Similarly, you can assign a day of the week (converting 1-7 numerical to weekday) and even turn product code into a category using the SWITCH function.

Excel’s Date & Time functions ease the workload for bookkeepers, project planners, HR departments, and other jobs where time is money. The four functions covered here—ISOWEEKNUM, WEEKNUM ...