month - Pine Script Variable

month

Overview

Current bar month in exchange timezone.

Type

int

Qualifier

series

Remarks

• The value is derived from the bar’s opening time. Overnight sessions can report the prior month on the first bar.
• Note that this variable returns the month based on the time of the bar’s open. For overnight sessions (e.g. EURUSD, where Monday session starts on Sunday, 17:00) this value can be lower by 1 than the month of the trading day.

Example

//@version=6
indicator("Monthly separators", overlay=true)

isNewMonth = ta.change(month)
bgcolor(isNewMonth ? color.new(color.purple, 85) : na)

See Also

• time
• year
• weekofyear
• dayofmonth
• dayofweek
• hour
• minute
• second