Convert Month text to number

[adri3]

Hi,

Is there any function to convert the month in text to number?

For example convert FEB to 02, Jan to 01 and so on.

Thanks,

[efialttes · Accepted solution]

@adri3 

Good question. My answer is to use a workaround, but I will be happy if somebody else points to a funtion so I can use it in my own projects.

My suggested workaround is to build your own Array of Months:

Initialize variable

Name: MonthsArray

Type: Array

Value: [{Month: "JAN",Index: "01"},...,{Month: "DEC",Index: "12"}]

Now let's assume the month expression you want to translate is stored in a variable called 'currentInputMonth':

Filter Array

Input: variables('MonthsArray')

Filter equals(item()?['Month'],variables('currentInputMonth')

Now let's assume you want to store the result in a variable called 'currentOutputMonth'

Initialize variable

Name: currentOutputMonth

Type: string

Value: if(equals(length(body('Filter_array')),1),first(body('Filter_array'))?['Index'],'ERROR')

[manuelstgomes · Accepted solution]

Hi @adri3 

Try the following:

formatDateTime('01-Feb-2010','MM')

You can insert the value that you want in the place of the "Feb" based on the field that you want. The day and year are irrelevant. It's just to get a valid date.

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Cheers
Manuel 

[adri3]

Brilliant. Thank you. Just what I was looking for

[efialttes]

@manuelstgomes Much more elegant than mine. Thanx for sharing!

[nahoyen]

Hello,

I use this one which works also : 

Text(DateValue("January 2021"),"[$-en-US]m")