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    MONTH

    Extracts the month number (from 1 to 12) for a given date or timestamp.

    Syntax

    EXTRACT(MONTH FROM date_timestamp_expression string) → bigint

    • date_timestamp_expression: A DATE or TIMESTAMP expression.

    Examples

    MONTH example using a timestamp
    SELECT EXTRACT(MONTH FROM TIMESTAMP '2019-08-12 01:00:00.123456')
    -- 8
    
    MONTH example using a date
    SELECT EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE '2019-08-12')
    -- 8
    
    MONTH example using the CAST function
    SELECT EXTRACT(MONTH FROM CAST('2019-08-12 01:00:00' AS TIMESTAMP))
    -- 8
    

    Usage Notes

    This function uses the EXTRACT function. When using the CAST function, timestamps containing milliseconds are not allowed.