How to get only month from MySQL date/time?

In my MySQL server, I have rows that have the date of my created content.

Example: 2013-03-17 02:53:47

For now, I am using:

$date = $fetch[thedaterownamegoeshere];

But instead of getting the full content of the date (2013-03-17 02:53:47), I'd like to get only the month – in this example, I wish to have the number "03" as the result. How can I do that?

SUGGESTION #1

You could use the MONTH() function

mysql> select MONTH(NOW());
+--------------+
| MONTH(NOW()) |
+--------------+
|            3 |
+--------------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

mysql> select MONTH('2013-03-17 02:53:47');
+------------------------------+
| MONTH('2013-03-17 02:53:47') |
+------------------------------+
|                            3 |
+------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.04 sec)

mysql>

You would have to put the MONTH function into the SQL command you are running.
SUGGESTION #2

You could also try the PHP Date Function

$month = date("m",$date)

Also DATE_FORMAT(date_column, '%c') to get '3' as result and DATE_FORMAT(date_column, '%m') to get '03' as result.

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