MONTH( ) Output name of month

Domain: Environment information (calendar)

The MONTH( ) function supplies the name of the current month in the specified language and in the form of a three-character abbreviation. The MONTH( ) function can be used in conjunction with the other calendar functions in order to construct a complete date entry.

Format

MONTH( )

LANGUAGE = *ENGLISH / *GERMAN / *STD

BASE = *TODAY / string_expression

Result type

STRING (<string 1..3>)

Input parameters

LANGUAGE = *ENGLISH / *GERMAN / *STD
Determines the language in which the name of the month is to be output.
*STD: The output is displayed in the language contained in the default language setting for the task.

BASE = string_expression
Designates the date. When specified, the only permitted formats are *ISO, *AMERICAN and *GERMAN. If no date specified or *TODAY is given it takes current date for evaluation.

Result

Three-character abbreviation in the form of a string.

Input parameter	Result
LANGUAGE = *ENGLISH	JAN / FEB / MAR / APR / MAY / JUN / JUL / AUG / SEP / OCT / NOV / DEC
LANGUAGE = *GERMAN	JAN / FEB / MRZ / APR / MAI / JUN / JUL / AUG / SEP / OKT / NOV / DEZ

Error messages

SDP0452     INVALID DATE

Example

/A = MONTH(LANGUAGE = *GERMAN)
/SHOW-VARIABLE A
A = FEB

/G = MONTH(LANGUAGE = *GERMAN, BASE='2015-07-30')
/SHOW-VARIABLE G
G = JUL