“MMMM yy”-date in google spreadsheet

Question

I have a google spreadsheet in which I want a date with only the name of the month and the year, like September 2011, and I also want the month and year to be easil

Answer 1

I accidentally found a workaround for a custom date format. I had a custom date format using Excel. When uploading the Excel file, the date format (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm am/pm) stayed in that format even though that was not a supported Google Sheet format. Then using the format painter, I was able to copy that format to other cells within Google Sheet. I know this is not an ideal solution, but seems to work. I have not played with how many other custom formats I could create in Excel, convert to Google Sheet and then use format painter to use with other cells.