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month function

Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime

Returns the month component of the timestamp in expr. This function is a synonym for extract(MONTH FROM expr).

Note

When extracting fields from a TIMESTAMP (TIMESTAMP_LTZ), the result is based on the session timezone.

Syntax

month(expr)

Arguments

  • expr: An TIMESTAMP, TIMESTAMP_NTZ expression, or a STRING of a valid timestamp format.

Returns

An INTEGER.

Examples

> SELECT month('2016-07-30');
 7