Month

month extracts the month number (1 to 12) from a date.

Syntax

   month(EXP_DATE)

• EXP_DATE is an expression returning a date.

Examples

   # Returns 7
   Local Integer JULY
   JULY=month([14/07/1789])
   # What is the current month?
   Local Integer CURR_MONTH
   CURR_MONTH = month(date$)

Description

month returns the month number from a date. The type of result is Integer.

When the date is a null date ([0/0/0]), the function returns 0.

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.