# Month (DateTime)

| **Name**    | ***Month***                                                             |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Syntax*    | Month (Date dateTime)                                                   |
| Purpose     | To return the month part of the specified date time value.              |
| Description | Returns the month part of the specified date.                           |
| Return Type | Int64                                                                   |
| Parameter   | dateTime \[System.DateTime] – Date for which the month will be returned |

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/0%20\(228\).png)

**Example**

In this example, we will pass a date time value to the function transformation object using a *Variables* object.

This function accepts the following date formats mentioned in the screenshot

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/1%20\(228\).png)

Where,

*dateTime* = 07/06/2013

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/2%20\(226\).png)

In the output window, you can see that the month part of the provided date time value has been returned.

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/3%20\(45\)%20\(1\).png)