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Month of


Month of ( aDate ) -> Function result

Parameter	Type	Description
aDate	Date	Date for which to return the month
Function result	Longint	Number indicating the month of date

Description

The Month of command returns the month of aDate.

Note: Month of returns the number of the month, not the name (see Example 1).

To compare the value returned by this function, 4D provides the following predefined constants, found in the "Days and Months" theme:

Constant	Type	Value
January	Longint	1
February	Longint	2
March	Longint	3
April	Longint	4
May	Longint	5
June	Longint	6
July	Longint	7
August	Longint	8
September	Longint	9
October	Longint	10
November	Longint	11
December	Longint	12

Example 1

The following example illustrates the use of Month of. The results are assigned to the variable vResult. The comments describe what is put in vResult:

 vResult:=Month of(!12/25/92!) ` vResult gets 12

 vResult:=Month of(Current date) ` vResult gets month of current date

Example 2

See example for the command Current date.