Time characteristics as Rule Type in Transformations

For handling date/time characteristics in transformations there is a special rule time available: called Time Characteristics.

 

Using this we can easily derive e.g. month from calendar day:

More information about this useful functionality you can find at:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/e5/f913426908ca7ee10000000a1550b0/content.htm