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Month()

Extracts the numeric month number from a Date value.

Syntax

Month( <dDate> ) --> nMonth

Arguments

<dDate>

This is an expression returning a value of data type Date.

Return

The function returns the numeric month number of <dDate>. When <dDate> is an empty date, the function returns zero.

Description

This function is used to extract the numeric month from a Date value.

Info

See also:	CMonth(), Day(), DoW(), Hour(), Minute(), Secs(), Year()
Category:	Conversion functions , Date and time
Source:	rtl\dateshb.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll

Example

// The example shows results of the function Month()

   PROCEDURE Main

      ? Date()                         // result: 02/25/06
      ? Month( Date() )                // result: 2
      ? Month( Date() + 7 )            // result: 3

   RETURN