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How to find first or last Friday of every month in Excel?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2025-04-07

Normally, Friday is the last workday of the month. How can you find the first or last Friday based on a given date in Excel? In this article, we will guide you through how to use two formulas for finding the first or last Friday of every month.

Find the first Friday of a month
Find the last Friday of a month

Find the first Friday of a month

For example, there is a given date 1/1/2015 locates in cell A2 as below screenshot shown. If you want to find the first Friday of the month based on the given date, please do as follows.

1. Select a cell to display the result. Here we select the cell C2.

2. Copy and paste the below formula into it, then press the Enter key.

=CEILING(EOMONTH(A2,-1)-5,7)+6

Screenshot showing formula result for the first Friday of the month

Notes:

1. If you want to find the first Friday of other months, please enter the specified date of that month into cell A2, and then use the formula.

Screenshot demonstrating formula adjustment for finding first Friday of different months

2. In the formula, A2 is the reference cell which the given date locates. You can change it to meet your needs.

Find the last Friday of a month

The given date 1/1/2015 locates in cell A2, for finding the last Friday of this month in Excel, please do as follows.

1. Select a cell, copy the below formula into it, and then press the Enter key to get the result.

=DATE(YEAR(A2),MONTH(A2)+1,0)+MOD(-WEEKDAY(DATE(YEAR(A2),MONTH(A2)+1,0),2)-2,-7)

Note: You can change A2 in the formula to the reference cell of your given date.

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