# Month

The **Month** function returns an integer representing the month component of a specified date and time.

### Syntax

```
Month(date, [timezone])
```

The Month function has the following arguments:

|          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| date     | (Required) The date or the column that contains date values where Analytics Pro extracts the month component.                                                                                                                                                                              |
| timezone | (Optional) The [IANA time zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones); for example, (e.g., `“America/Los_Angeles”`, used to convert the date value before extracting the month component. When omitted, **timezone** Analytics Pro evaluates the date in UTC time. |

Required

### Examples

```
Month(Date("2007-08-14"))
```

Extracts the month component from the specified date (August 14, 2007) and returns `8` to represent the eighth month of the year.

```
Month([Date])
```

The **Month** function returns the following values for the **Date** column:

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