MySQL PARTITION BY month automatically
ALTER TABLE t1 PARTITION BY RANGE(transaction_date)(
PARTITION JAN VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-02-01')),
PARTITION FEB VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-03-01')),
PARTITION MAR VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-04-01')),
PARTITION APR VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-05-01')),
PARTITION MAY VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-06-01')),
PARTITION JUN VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-07-01')),
PARTITION JUL VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-08-01')),
PARTITION AUG VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-09-01')),
PARTITION SEP VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-10-01')),
PARTITION `OCT` VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-11-01')),
PARTITION NOV VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2013-12-01')),
PARTITION `DEC` VALUES LESS THAN (UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2014-01-01'))
);