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780 Chapter 3: ColdFusion Functions
Month
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.
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>
Parameter Description
date Date/time object, in the range 100 AD–9999 AD.