Month$

month$ returns the month name in the current language from a date.

Syntax

   month$(EXP_DATE)

• EXP_DATE is an expression returning a date.

Examples

   # Returns "July" if connected in English
   Local Char JULY(20)
   JULY=month$([14/07/1789])
   # What is the current month name?
   Local Char CURR_MONTH(20)
   CURR_MONTH = month$(date$)

Description

month$ returns the month name from a date. The type of result is Char.

Associated errors

Error code	Description
10	The argument is not a date.
56	The date is incorrect.

See also

day, year, month, day$, gdat$, dayn, nday, nday$, date$, datesyst, Date.