[<<Previous Entry] [^^Up^^] [Next Entry>>] [Menu] [About The Guide]
 CMONTH()
 Convert a date to a character month name
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Syntax

     CMONTH(<dDate>) --> cMonth

 Arguments

     <dDate> is the date value to convert.

 Returns

     CMONTH() returns the name of the month as a character string from a date
     value with the first letter uppercase and the rest of the string
     lowercase.  For a null date value, CMONTH() returns a null string ("").

 Description

     CMONTH() is a date conversion function useful for creating formatted
     date strings that can be used in reports, labels, or screens.

 Examples

     .  These examples illustrate CMONTH():

        ? CMONTH(DATE())                     // Result: September
        ? CMONTH(DATE() + 45)                // Result: October
        ? CMONTH(CTOD("12/01/94"))           // Result: December
        ? SUBSTR(CMONTH(DATE()), 1, 3) +;
           STR(DAY(DATE()))                  // Result: Sep 1

 Files   Library is CLIPPER.LIB.


See Also: CDOW() DATE() DAY() MONTH() YEAR()
This page created by ng2html v1.05, the Norton guide to HTML conversion utility. Written by Dave Pearson