month

Arguments

dt

datetime

monthType

string with possible values: "monthofyear" (default value), "name" and "shortname"

m

month value(s) (double) or month name(s) (string)

Description

m = month(dt) returns the month value(s) of the input argument dt.

m = month(dt, monthType) returns the month value(s) or month name(s) depending on monthType:

• "monthofyear", month value(s) (default)

• "name", full month name(s). If dt contains NaT values, they will be replaced by "".

• "shortname", abbreviated month names. If dt contains NaT values, they will be replaced by "".

Examples

Extracts month value(s) from dt

dt = datetime(2025, 2, 5)
m = month(dt)

dt = datetime(2025, 3, 15):caldays(20):datetime(2025, 7, 26)
m = month(dt)

With "name" keyword

dt = datetime(2025, 2, 5)
m = month(dt, "name")

dt = datetime(2025, 3, 15):calmonths(2):datetime(2025, 9, 30)
m = month(dt, "name")

With "shortname" keyword

dt = datetime()
m = month(dt, "shortname")

See also

• datetime — create points in time

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