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

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.

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>