MONTH Function [Visio 2003 SDK Documentation]

Returns an integer, 1 to 12, representing a month.

MONTH("datetime"|expression[,lcid])

datetime Any string commonly recognized as a date and time or a reference to a cell containing a date and time.

expression Any expression that yields a date and time.

lcid Optional argument. The locale identifier to be used in evaluating a nonlocal datetime. The locale identifier is a number described in the system header files.

Remarks

The time component of datetime or expression is discarded.

No rounding is done. If the input string is missing or cannot be converted to a valid result, this function returns an error.

The returned value is formatted according to the short date style set by the system's current Regional Settings.

The MONTH function also accepts a single number value for expression where the integer portion of the result represents the number of days since December 30, 1899.

Example 1

MONTH("May 30, 1999 3:45:24 PM")

Returns 5.

Example 2

MONTH(DATEVALUE("May 30, 1999")+7 ed.)

Returns 6.

Example 3

MONTH(35580.6337)

Returns 5.