How can I parse the Month from a Date field?

[Curtis Freudigmann]

I would like to have a form set up with a Date field. On the back-end I would like to be able to parse only the month of the submitted date. Is this possible? I have looked at some of the virtual functions and done some small testing but was not able to get the desired results.

When I use the IFTTT to send an email I can get the datetime as 'Jul 21, 2019 09:59' by simply using 

[entry.myDateField]

But when I use the Create Page IFTTT I try to use a condition like

myDateField:Jul*

And I have a parent page called July where I would like to create all submissions where myDateField is in July under. But I cannot get this condition to hit.

**EDIT

I have looked in to virtual functions and see an option for parseDate() which I have been testing a little bit, but I am concerned because this is described as a method to parse the date from a Jira issue. Despite my testing I have not been able to accomplish this.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

-Curtis

[Curtis Freudigmann]

Hello, 

I was wondering if anyone has tried this or might be able to see where I am going wrong. I feel as though getting the condition to hit should work seeing as it's writing to my page as "Jul xxxx".

Can I not use a condition like Jul* to match this?

As a side note - any time I try to manipulate the date it always comes back in epoch form.

Thanks again for any assistance!

-Curtis