TruncToMonth

Truncates a datetime value to the month.

Syntax

• TruncToMonth(t)

  • t is a datetime structure or a timestamp

Description

If t is a DateTime structure or a timestamp, then TruncToMonth(t) returns t rounded to the nearest preceding month; effectively, it sets the day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond parts to zero or one (as appropriate).

TruncToMonth(t) is a DateTime structure or a timestamp if t is.

Examples

t ≔ datetime(1985, 06, 07, 18, 20, 52, 137)

date.year: 1985
date.month: June
date.day: 7
time.hour: 18
time.minute: 20
time.second: 52
time.millisecond: 137

TruncToMonth(t)

date.year: 1985
date.month: June
date.day: 1
time.hour: 0
time.minute: 0
time.second: 0
time.millisecond: 0