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# MONTH

MONTH( `date` )

Returns the month of the year for the given date or array of dates.

### Arguments

| Argument | Description        |
| -------- | ------------------ |
| `date`   | Date/time value(s) |

### Output

Month of the year for each input `date`

### Example

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