XPath/XQuery month-from-date function

Summary

Returns the month component of an xs:date.

Signature

fn:month-from-date(
$arg as xs:date?
) as xs:integer?

Properties

This function is deterministic, context-independent, and focus-independent.

Rules

If $arg is the empty sequence, the function returns the empty sequence.

Otherwise, the function returns an xs:integer between 1 and 12, both inclusive, representing the month component in the local value of $arg.

Examples

The expression fn:month-from-date(xs:date("1999-05-31-05:00")) returns 5.

The expression fn:month-from-date(xs:date("2000-01-01+05:00")) returns 1.