Calculate The Number Of Days In A Month

Excel lacks a function for calculating the number of days in a particular month, so you'll need to construct your own formula.

If cell A1 contains a date, this formula will return the number of days in the month:

=DAY(DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1)+1,1)-1)

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