Return Last Chosen Day of Given Month
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Return Last Chosen Day of Given Month
Excel VBA: Return Last Chosen Day of Given Month. Display Last Specified Day of Given Month
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Return Last Chosen Day of Given Month.
The Custom Function below can be used to return the last specified day of any given month.
It can be used in any cell like;
=LastDayOfMonth("Mon","10/10/2005")
Where "Mon" is the day we need to return the date of the last Monday in the Month October.
Syntax
=LastDayOfMonth(Which_Day,Which_Date)
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
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 LastDayOfMonth(Which_Day As String, Which_Date As String) As Date
Dim i As Integer
Dim iDay As Integer
Dim iDaysInMonth As Integer
Dim FullDateNew As Date
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
iDaysInMonth = Day(DateAdd("d", -1, DateSerial _
(Year(Which_Date), Month(Which_Date) + 1, 1)))
FullDateNew = DateSerial(Year(Which_Date), Month(Which_Date), iDaysInMonth)
For i = 0 To iDaysInMonth
If Weekday(FullDateNew - i) = iDay Then
LastDayOfMonth = FullDateNew - i
Exit For
End If
Next i
End Function
Now simply enter the function into any cell as shown above.
See also:
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