# MONTH()

Converts a date expression to a month value

Syntax

  MONTH(<dDate>) --> nMonth

Arguments

  <dDate> Any valid date expression

Returns

  <nMonth> Corresponding number of the month in the year, ranging from 0 to 12

Description

  This function returns a number that represents the month of a given date expression <dDate>. If a NULL date (CTOD('')) is passed to the function, the value of the function will be 0.

Examples

          ? Month(DATE())

Status

  Ready

Compliance

  This function is Ca-Clipper compliant

Platforms

  All

Files

  Library is rtl

See Also

- CDOW()
- DOW()
- YEAR()
- CMONTH()