MONTH (Transact-SQL)

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Returns an integer that represents the month of the specified date.

For an overview of all Transact\-SQL date and time data types and functions, seeDate and Time Data Types and Functions (Transact-SQL).

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Syntax

MONTH ( date )

Arguments

date
Is an expression that can be resolved to a time, date, smalldatetime, datetime, datetime2, or datetimeoffset value. The date argument can be an expression, column expression, user-defined variable, or string literal.

Return Type

int

Return Value

MONTH returns the same value as DATEPART (month, date).

If date contains only a time part, the return value is 1, the base month.

Examples

The following statement returns 4. This is the number of the month.

SELECT MONTH('2007-04-30T01:01:01.1234567 -07:00');

The following statement returns 1900, 1, 1. The argument for date is the number 0. SQL Server interprets 0 as January 1, 1900.

SELECT YEAR(0), MONTH(0), DAY(0);

Examples: [!INCLUDEssSDWfull] and [!INCLUDEssPDW]

The following example returns 4. This is the number of the month.

-- Uses AdventureWorks  
  
SELECT TOP 1 MONTH('2007-04-30T01:01:01.1234')   
FROM dbo.DimCustomer;

The following example returns 1900, 1, 1. The argument for date is the number 0. SQL Server interprets 0 as January 1, 1900.

-- Uses AdventureWorks  
  
SELECT TOP 1 YEAR(0), MONTH(0), DAY(0) FROM dbo.DimCustomer;