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Date functions
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ILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 58
Month
Purpose
Returns a number from 1 to 12, representing the month of the year in which a date occurs.
Format
Month(date)
Parameters
date - any calendar date
Data type returned
number
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Examples
Month(“3/19/2014”) returns 3. This example assumes that the operating system date format is
set to MM/DD/YYYY.
Month(Payment) returns 3, where Payment contains March 19, 2014. (The Payment field must be
of type date.)
“Bill Due by: ” & Date(Month(DateSold) + 1;Day(DateSold);Year(DateSold))
returns Bill Due by: followed by a value that is one month later than DateSold.
Important To avoid errors when using dates, always use four-digit years. For more information
about how FileMaker Pro handles two-digit dates, see Conversion of dates with two-digit years.