# month
## Description
### Syntax

INT MONTH (DATETIME date)


Returns month information in the time type, ranging from 1,12

The parameter is Date or Datetime type

## example

```
mysql> select month('1987-01-01');
+-----------------------------+
month ('1987 -01 -01 00:00:00') 1244;
+-----------------------------+
|                           1 |
+-----------------------------+
##keyword
MONTH