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SQL • LESSON 128

Extract Month

How can we extract the numerical month from an order timestamp?

Advanced3 Minutes1410 XP
🤔 THE QUESTION

How can we extract the numerical month from an order timestamp?

💡 WHAT IS IT?

EXTRACT(MONTH FROM date) isolates the month integer (1–12) from date values.

🎯 WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Monthly seasonality analysis, month-over-month trend modeling.

💻 EXAMPLE
SELECT
order_id,
EXTRACT(MONTH FROM order_date) AS order_month
FROM orders;

🎯 Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade SQL code for Extract Month.

  • EXTRACT(MONTH ...)
  • Month extraction
  • Seasonality analytics
  • Temporal attributes