Month
Purpose
Returns a number from 1 to 12, representing the month of the year in which a date occurs.
Format
Month(date)
Parameters
date - any calendar date
Data type returned
number
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Examples
Month ( "3/19/2019" ) returns 3. This example assumes that the operating system date format is set to MM/DD/YYYY.
Month ( Payment ) returns 3, where Payment contains March 19, 2019. (The Payment field must be of type date.)
"Bill Due by: " & Date ( Month ( DateSold ) + 1 ; Day ( DateSold ) ; Year ( DateSold ) ) returns Bill Due by: followed by a value that is one month later than DateSold.
Important To avoid errors when using dates, always use four-digit years. For more information about how FileMaker Pro handles two-digit dates, see
Entering dates with two-digit years.
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