Determining the Month of the Year

Summary: Your macro code may need to determine the month of the year represented by a particular date. You can find the desired information by using the Month function. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

When creating macros in VBA, you may have a need to know the specific month of the year, as represented by a particular date. For instance, you may want to determine the month in which the macro is being executed. The following code will do the trick:

iMonth = Month(Now())

The Month function returns an integer value representing the numeric month of whatever date you provide. In this example, the Now function represents today's date, and so Month returns the current month, as a value ranging from 1 to 12.

Tip #815 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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