MONTH( )
Returns the month for a specified date value.
Syntax
Arguments
The date or date expression whose month to retrieve.
A number representing the month format to return. Use one of the following values:
n 3 to get the abbreviated month name, for example, Jan. The result is locale-specific.If you omit option, MONTH( ) returns the month as a number.
Returns
The month for a specified date value.
Example
The following example returns the month (1 - 12) for each value in the ShipDate data field.
The following example returns the full month name for each ShipDate value.