# fn:month-from-date - XPath XQuery Reference

Returns the month component of an xs:date.deterministiccontext-independentfocus-independentIf $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.
         fn:month-from-date(xs:date("1999-05-31-05:00"))5fn:month-from-date(xs:date("2000-01-01+05:00"))1