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Month

Last update:
May 18, 2026

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

Function syntax

Month(date)

See also

Parameters

ParameterDescription
date
Date/time object, in the range 100 AD-9999 AD.

Usage

When passing a date/time value as a string, 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

<cfscript>
    curdatetime = Now();
    writeOutput(curdatetime & "<br/>");
    Writeoutput(" it is month " & month(curdatetime)); 
</cfscript>
Output
{ts '2018-11-06 06:51:58'} it is month 11

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