Excel MONTH function

Summary

The Excel MONTH function returns the month of the year, a number between 1 and 12. The MONTH function is an Excel date and time function.

Function

=MONTH(serial_number)

Arguments (inputs)

serial_number = a number representing a date in Microsoft Excel

Return value

The MONTH function returns the month of the year, a number between 1 and 12.

Example

Excel MONTH function example

In the example above the MONTH function returns the month of the year for the date in cell C5.

=MONTH(C5)

The result returned is 6.