Month of

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Month of (date) Number

The Month of command returns the month of date.

Note: Month of returns the number of the month, not the name (see Example 1).

4th Dimension provides the following predefined constants:

1. The following example illustrates the use of Month of. The results are assigned to the variable vResult. The comments describe what is put in vResult:

   vResult:= Month of (!12/25/92!)  ` vResult gets 12 
   vResult:= Month of (Current date)  ` vResult gets month of current date

2. See example for the command Current date.

3. 4th Dimension's 'STR#' ID=11 resource includes the names of the months localized for the current country:

The following project method returns the name of the month for a date:

      ` Month name of project method
      ` Month name of ( Date ) -> String
      ` Month name of ( Date ) -> Name of the month

   $0:=Get indexed string(11;12+Month of ($1))

The following project method returns the abbreviation of the month for a date:

      ` Month abbr of project method
      ` Month abbr of ( Date ) -> String
      ` Month abbr of ( Date ) -> Name of the month

   $0:=Get indexed string(11;Month of ($1))

Day of, Year of.