Month |
Description
Extracts the month value from a date/time object.
Returns
The ordinal value of the month, in the range 1 (January) - 12 (December).
Category
Date and time functions
Function syntax
    Month(date)
See also
DatePart, MonthAsString, Quarter
Parameters
Parameter | Description
date | Date/time object, in the range 100 AD-9999 AD.
Usage
When passing a date/time value as a string, you must enclose it in quotation marks. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a number representation of a date/time object.
Note: | You can pass the CreateDate function or the Now function as the date parameter of this function; for example: #Month(CreateDate(2001, 3, 3))#
Example
    <h3>Month Example</h3>
    <cfif IsDefined("FORM.year")>
    More information about your date:
    <cfset yourDate = CreateDate(FORM.year, FORM.month, FORM.day)>
    <cfoutput>
       <p>Your date, #DateFormat(yourDate)#.
       <br>It is #DayofWeekAsString(DayOfWeek(yourDate))#, day
        #DayOfWeek(yourDate)# in the week.
       <br>This is day #Day(yourDate)# in the month of
        #MonthAsString(Month(yourDate))#, which has
        #DaysInMonth(yourDate)# days.
       <br>We are in week #Week(yourDate)# of #Year(yourDate)#
        (day #DayofYear(yourDate)# of #DaysinYear(yourDate)#). <br>
       <cfif IsLeapYear(Year(yourDat"))>This is a leap year
          <cfelse>This is not a leap year
       </cfif>
    </cfoutput>
    </cfif>

date |
Date/time object, in the range 100 AD-9999 AD.