docs-v2/content/flux/v0/stdlib/date/boundaries/month.md

title	description	menu	weight	flux/v0/tags	deprecated
boundaries.month() function	`boundaries.month()` returns a record with `start` and `stop` boundary timestamps for the current month.	flux_v0_ref name parent identifier boundaries.month date/boundaries date/boundaries/month	201	date/time	0.177.1

boundaries.month() returns a record with start and stop boundary timestamps for the current month.

now() determines the current month.

Function type signature

(?month_offset: int) => {stop: time, start: time}

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Parameters

month_offset

Number of months to offset from the current month. Default is 0.

Use a negative offset to return boundaries from previous months. Use a positive offset to return boundaries for future months.

Examples

• Return start and stop timestamps for the current month
• Query data from this month
• Query data from last month

Return start and stop timestamps for the current month

import "date/boundaries"

option now = () => 2022-05-10T10:10:00Z

boundaries.month(

)// Returns {start:2022-05-01T00:00:00.000000000Z, stop:2022-06-01T00:00:00.000000000Z}

Query data from this month

import "date/boundaries"

thisMonth = boundaries.month()

from(bucket: "example-bucket")
    |> range(start: thisMonth.start, stop: thisMonth.stop)

Query data from last month

import "date/boundaries"

lastMonth = boundaries.month(month_offset: -1)

from(bucket: "example-bucket")
    |> range(start: lastMonth.start, stop: lastMonth.stop)