# Month (DateTimeOffset)

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

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/0%20\(209\).png)

**Example**

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

This function accepts the following date formats:

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/1%20\(209\).png)

Where,

*dateTime* = 11/12/2013

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/2%20\(207\).png)

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

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/3%20\(39\).png)