MMOF

The MMOF function returns an INTEGER in the range of 1 to 12, giving the month in which a specified date falls. The result returned by MMOF has the same dimensions as the specified DATE expression.

Return Value

INTEGER

Syntax

MMOF(date-expression)

Arguments

date-expression: An expression that has the DATE data type, or a text expression that specifies a date. The values of the text expression are converted automatically to DATE values, using the current setting of the DATEORDER option to resolve any ambiguity.

Examples

Example 19-5 Finding the Current Month

The following statement determines the month in which today's date falls.

SHOW MMOF(TODAY)

When today's date is January 15, 1996, this statement produces the following output.