current month
//half name in words
date('M');
//full name in words
date('F');
//number
date('m');
$month = date("m",strtotime($mydate));
$dateTime = new DateTime();
$month = $dateTime->format('m');
echo 'Day' . date('d', strtotime($row['Date']));
echo 'Month' . date('m', strtotime($row['Date']));
echo 'Year' . date('Y', strtotime($row['Date']));
date('m');
echo cal_days_in_month(CAL_GREGORIAN, 8, 2009);
echo date("F", strtotime(date("Y") ."-". $i ."-01"))