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NUMMONTHS

Updated 2023-10-06 23:59:49.753000

Syntax

SELECT [westclintech].[wct].[NUMMONTHS](
  <@StartDate, datetime,>
 ,<@EndDate, datetime,>)

Description

Use the scalar function NUMMONTHS to return the number of months between 2 dates.

Arguments

@EndDate

the end date. @EndDate is an expression that returns a datetime or smalldatetime value, or a character string in date format.

@StartDate

the start date. @StartDate is an expression that returns a datetime or smalldatetime value, or a character string in date format.

Return Type

int

Remarks

If @StartDate is NULL then @StartDate = GETDATE().

If @EndDate is NULL then @EndDate = GETDATE().

For calculation purposes all dates are treated as if they are the last day of the month.

Examples

SELECT wct.NUMMONTHS('2014-09-18', '2014-10-01') as [Months];

This produces the following result.

{"columns":[{"field":"Months","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"}],"rows":[{"Months":"1"}]}

See Also

DAYSINMONTH - Number of days in the month of the specified date

DAYSINYEAR - Number of days in the year of the specified date