# Monthly Tasks **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [May 13, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/monthly-tasks/26767 "2021-05-13T19:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/monthly-tasks/26767/6 "2021-05-14T00:57:06Z")
Similar to Bob’s suggestion, you might find this useful… > [@Today date without user login](https://community.glideapps.com/t/today-date-without-user-login/26650/3): > > @Jeff_Hager I just had an epiphany! In my apps, I have lots of columns that look like this: As I was creating yet another one of these yesterday I was thinking to myself “there must be an easier way”. And then it hit me just now as I was reading your post… Challenge: Extract the short month name from a date (eg. “Jan”) The way I normally do this is by first extracting the Month and Day components using date math, and then that stupid if-then-else co… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/monthly-tasks/26767)._