month() function

The month() function determines the month in a specified date.

You can also determine the month value by using the Netezza Performance Server date_part() function.

Syntax

The month() function has the following syntax:
int1 = month(date input);

The input value specifies the date.

Returns

The function returns an integer representation of the month in the specified input.

Example

select month('1996-2-29');
 MONTH
-------
     2
(1 row)