MONTH() function in MySQL

MONTH() function in MySQL is used to find a month from the given date. It returns 0 when the month part for the date is 0 otherwise it returns month value between 1 and 12.

Syntax :

MONTH(date)

Parameter :

This function accepts one parameter 

• date : The date or DateTime from which we want to extract the month.

Returns : It returns the value range from 1 to 12.

Example-1 : 

Finding the Current Month Using MONTH() Function.

SELECT MONTH(NOW()) AS Current_Month;

Output :

CURRENT_MONTH
11

Example-2 :

Finding the Month from given DateTime Using Month() Function.

SELECT MONTH('2015-09-26 08:09:22') AS MONTH;

Output :

MONTH
9

Example-3 : 

Finding the Month from given DateTime Using Month () Function when the date is NULL.

SELECT MONTH(NULL) AS Month ;

Output :

Example-4 : 

The MONTH function can also be used to find the total product sold for every month. To demonstrate create a table named.

Product :

CREATE TABLE Product(
   Product_id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,  
   Product_name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
   Buying_price DECIMAL(13, 2) NOT NULL,
   Selling_price DECIMAL(13, 2) NOT NULL,
   Selling_Date Date NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY(Product_id)
);

Now insert some data to the Product table :

INSERT INTO  
   Product(Product_name, Buying_price, Selling_price, Selling_Date)
VALUES
   ('Audi Q8', 10000000.00, 15000000.00, '2018-01-26' ),
   ('Volvo XC40', 2000000.00, 3000000.00, '2018-04-20' ),
   ('Audi A6', 4000000.00, 5000000.00, '2018-07-25' ),
   ('BMW X5', 5000500.00, 7006500.00, '2018-10-18'  ),
   ('Jaguar XF', 5000000, 7507000.00, '2019-01-27'  ),
   ('Mercedes-Benz C-Class', 4000000.00, 6000000.00, '2019-04-01'  ),
   ('Jaguar F-PACE', 5000000.00, 7000000.00, '2019-12-26'  ),
   ('Porsche Macan', 6500000.00, 8000000.00, '2020-04-16' ) ;

So, Our table looks like :

MONTH
NULL

Product_id	Product_name	Buying_price	Selling_price	Selling_Date
1	Audi Q8	10000000.00	15000000.00	2018-01-26
2	Volvo XC40	2000000.00	3000000.00	2018-04-20
3	Audi A6	4000000.00	5000000.00	2018-07-25
4	BMW X5	5000500.00	7006500.00	2018-10-18
5	Jaguar XF	5000000.00	7507000.00	2019-01-27
6	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	4000000.00	6000000.00	2019-04-01
7	Jaguar F-PACE	5000000.00	7000000.00	2019-12-26
8	Porsche Macan	6500000.00	8000000.00	2020-04-16

Now, we are going to find the number of products sold per month by using the MONTH () function.

SELECT  
   MONTH (Selling_Date) month,  
   COUNT(Product_id) Product_Sold
FROM Product
GROUP BY MONTH (Selling_Date)
ORDER BY MONTH (Selling_Date);

Output :

MONTH	PRODUCT_SOLD
1	2
4	3
7	1
10	1
12	1