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boundaries.month() function

boundaries.month() is experimental and subject to change at any time.

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}

For more information, see Function type signatures.

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

import "experimental/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 "experimental/date/boundaries"

thisMonth = boundaries.month()

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

Query data from last month

import "experimental/date/boundaries"

lastMonth = boundaries.month(month_offset: -1)

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

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