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This is what January 2015 looks like.

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The big question is: how do we tell Excel that January 2015 starts on a Thursday?

1. First, to make our formulas easier to understand, we have created the following names.

Name Cells
CalendarYear K5
JanOffset =DATE(CalendarYear,1,1)-WEEKDAY(DATE(CalendarYear,1,1))

Explanation: dates are stored as numbers in Excel and count the number of days since January 0, 1900. The
Date function returns the number that represents the date. The DATE function accepts three arguments: year,
month and day. The WEEKDAY function returns a number from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday) representing the day
of the week of a date. For example, January 1st, 2015 is the same as 42005. This date falls on Thursday. In other
words, =DATE(CalendarYear,1,1) equals 42005 and WEEKDAY(DATE(CalendarYear,1,1)) equals 5. As a result,
JanOffset equals 42005 - 5 = 42000.

2. Let's take a look at the formula in cell B4.

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Explanation: JanOffset+1 is nothing more than a date. In fact, it is (5-1) days earlier than January 1st, 2015. This
formula checks if the year of this date equals CalendarYear and the month equals January (1). If true, it returns
the date. If not, it returns an empty string ("").

3. Let's take a look at the formula in cell F4.

Explanation: JanOffset+5 is nothing more than a date. In fact, it is (5-5) days earlier than January 1st, 2015. This
is the first day of the year! This formula checks if the year of this date equals CalendarYear and the month equals
January (1). This is true! Excel returns the date.

4. We changed the format to "day format" to only display the day of the month.

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Note: in a similar way, you can create the formulas for the other days in January and the other months. This
calendar tool lets you create a calendar for every year you want! Just use the Spin Button to increase the
calendar year.

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