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CFML Reference / 

Month

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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, 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>

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