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currentMonth needs to be a valid date, and not just text.
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currentMonth needs to be a valid date, and not just text.

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Please try =Date(year(today()),1,1)
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I have a cell named currentMonth. It contains a date, ie, &quot;7/1/2011&quot;.<br />
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I want to place a formula in another cell, such that this cell will contain the value Jan 1 for the year of currentMonth. So in this example, the second cell will contain the value &quot;1/1/2011&quot;. This is kind of what I mean, although it doesn't work:<br />
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=&quot;1/1/&quot; + YEAR(currentMonth)<br />
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This second cell will also need to be formatted as a date.
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I have a cell named currentMonth. It contains a date, ie, "7/1/2011".

I want to place a formula in another cell, such that this cell will contain the value Jan 1 for the year of currentMonth. So in this example, the second cell will contain the value "1/1/2011". This is kind of what I mean, although it doesn't work:

="1/1/" + YEAR(currentMonth)

This second cell will also need to be formatted as a date.

excel formula to get start of year

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