Returns the number of the month for a specified date.

Syntax

MONTH(<expD>)

<expD>

The date whose corresponding month number you want to return.

Description

MONTH( ) returns a date’s month number:

Month

Number

January

1

February

2

March

3

April

4

May

5

June

6

July

7

August

8

September

9

October

10

November

11

December

12

To return the name of the month instead of the number, use CMONTH( ). MONTH( ) returns zero for a blank date.