month function

Applies to: Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime

Returns the month component of the timestamp in expr.

Syntax

month(expr)

Arguments

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

Returns

An INTEGER.

This function is a synonym for extract(MONTH FROM expr).

Examples

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

Related functions

• dayofmonth function

• dayofweek function

• dayofyear function

• day function

• hour function

• minute function

• extract function