SQL Server/T-SQL/Date Timezone/Month

Month(Date) function

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1> DECLARE @MonthChar VarChar(2), @DayChar VarChar(2), @DateOut Char(8) 2> 3> SET @MonthChar = CAST(MONTH(GETDATE()) AS VarChar(2)) 4> SET @DayChar = CAST(DAY(GETDATE()) AS VarChar(2)) 5> 6> -- Make sure month and day are two char long: 7> IF LEN(@MonthChar) = 1 8> SET @MonthChar = "0" 9> IF LEN(@DayChar) = 1 10> SET @DayChar = "0" + @DayChar 11> 12> -- Build date string: 13> SET @DateOut = @MonthChar + @DayChar + CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) AS Char(4)) 14> 15> SELECT @DateOut 16> GO

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MONTH: return the month portion of a date

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12> 13> -- MONTH: return the month portion of a date. 14> 15> SELECT MONTH("24 March 1964") 16> GO

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         3

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select MONTH("2002-09-30")

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3> select MONTH("2002-09-30") 4> GO

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