Extract month from date in PostgreSQL

To extract the month from a date in PostgreSQL, you can use the DATE_PART() function with the ‘month’ unit.

Syntax for DATE_PART() Function in PostgreSQL:

unit: Specifies the part of the date or timestamp to extract (e.g., ‘year’, ‘month’, ‘day’, ‘hour’, ‘minute’, ‘second’, etc.).

source: The date or timestamp from which to extract the specified part.

In Our case. The values of the unit must be “month”

Extract Month from Date in postgresql Simple Example:

In order to Extract month from date in postgresql we will be using  DATE_PART() function.

In the below Example we will be passing month as “unit” argument and date as “source” argument in order to extract month from Date or datetime

 

SELECT DATE_PART('month', '2024-02-24'::timestamp) AS month_part;

Output:

Extract Month from Current date in postgresql :

This query uses the CURRENT_DATE function to get the current date and then extracts the month from current date using DATE_PART()

 

SELECT CURRENT_DATE AS current_date, DATE_PART('month', CURRENT_DATE) AS month_part;

Output:

Extract Month part from Date in postgresql table:

We will be using  Below Student_detail table for our example to depict on how to extract month part from timestamp in postgresql

Student_detail:

In the above table we will be using DATE_PART() Function, which will take “month”  and column named “birthdaytime” as argument. Which will extract month part from “birthdaytime” column and store in the new column of postgresql table as shown below

 

select *, DATE_PART('month', birthdaytime::timestamp) AS month_part from Student_detail

so the resultant table will have month_part column

Extract Month part from Datetime in postgresql table using Extract():

We will be using Below Student_detail table for our example to depict on how to extract Month part from datetime in postgresql

Student_detail:

In the above table we will be using  EXTRACT() Function, which will take “Month” and column named “birthdaytime” as argument. Which will extract Month from “birthdaytime” column and store in the new column of postgresql table as shown below

 

Select *, extract(MONTH FROM birthdaytime) as month_part from student_detail

So the resultant table will have month_part column