First Workday of the Month

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Hi,

I have seen many articles or posts on the internet that using the following formula, I could get the first workday of the month.

=WORKDAY(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),1)-1,1)

However, the result of the formula is 43040. It doesn't make sense to me. Do I need to convert it first before I get say a day between 1st to 3rd?

Thank you!
 

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You need to format the cell as a date. Right click, format cells - select one of the date formats and 43040 will give you November 1st.
 
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Excel dates are just numbers formatted to be dates. Format the cell as a date and you will see that 43040 is 11/1/17.
 
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Hi,

thank you!

it works.

I wanted use the formula in VBA. I tried this
Code:
this_Month = application.WorksheetFunction.WorkDay(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),1)-1,1)
but somehow this is not working. Wonder if someone could help.
 
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VB-wise, try this:

Code:
Dim this_Month As Date
this_Month = WorksheetFunction.WorkDay(Date - Day(Date), 1)
 
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Adding to what Barry stated for the formula, in VBA try....

Code:
Sub xxxx()
Dim this_Month As Date
this_Month = WorksheetFunction.WorkDay(WorksheetFunction.EoMonth(Date, -1), 1)
Range("a1") = this_Month
End Sub
 
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