Need formula to return name of the month that was 30 days back

[Rebecca_Elam]

i thought it would be something like DATETIME_FORMAT(TODAY(-30 DAYS), ‘MMMM’)
=> October
or MONTH(TODAY(-30 DAYS) Its the subtracting days part i dont understand
simple i know but im at a loss to make the stupid red letters go away

OR how can i find out what date was 30 days ago and format that? i also need this for 60 days and 90 days to populate on a notice thats printed from page designer and sent certified mail. but i am competent enough to parse those myself once someone lets me cheat off their homework for the first one.

[kuovonne · Accepted solution]

The TODAY() function only returns the current day. It does not take an argument.
To subtract 30 days from today, add a negative number with the DATEADD() function.

DATEADD(TODAY(), -30, 'days')

[Rebecca_Elam]

lmaoooo you dont know how long i have spent on this.