def sync_month_metric(self, unique_identifier, metric, start_date, end_date):
        """
        Uses the count for each day in the date range to recalculate the counters for the months for
        the ``metric`` for ``unique_identifier``. Useful for updating the counters for week and month after using set_metric_by_day.

        The redis backend supports lists for both ``unique_identifier`` and ``metric`` allowing for the setting of 
        multiple metrics for multiple unique_identifiers efficiently. Not all backends may support this.

        :param unique_identifier: Unique string indetifying the object this metric is for
        :param metric: A unique name for the metric you want to track
        :param start_date: Date syncing starts
        :param end_date: Date syncing end
        """
        metric = [metric] if isinstance(metric, basestring) else metric
        unique_identifier = [unique_identifier] if not isinstance(unique_identifier, (types.ListType, types.TupleType, types.GeneratorType,)) else unique_identifier
        num_months = self._num_months(start_date, end_date)
        first_of_month = datetime.date(year=start_date.year, month=start_date.month, day=1)
        metric_key_date_range = self._get_weekly_date_range(
            first_of_month, relativedelta(months=num_months))

        month_date_generator = (first_of_month + relativedelta(months=i) for i in itertools.count())
        #generate a list of first_of_month's in between the start date and the end date
        months_to_update = list(itertools.islice(month_date_generator, num_months))
        for uid in unique_identifier:
            for single_metric in metric:
                for month in months_to_update:
                    _, series_results = self.get_metric_by_day(uid, single_metric, from_date=month, limit=monthrange(month.year, month.month)[1])
                    month_counter = sum([value for key, value in series_results.items()])

                    hash_key_monthly = self._get_weekly_metric_key(uid, month)
                    monthly_metric_name = self._get_monthly_metric_name(single_metric, month)
                    with self._analytics_backend.map() as conn:
                        conn.hset(hash_key_monthly, monthly_metric_name, month_counter)
Uses the count for each day in the date range to recalculate the counters for the months for
        the ``metric`` for ``unique_identifier``. Useful for updating the counters for week and month after using set_metric_by_day.

        The redis backend supports lists for both ``unique_identifier`` and ``metric`` allowing for the setting of 
        multiple metrics for multiple unique_identifiers efficiently. Not all backends may support this.

        :param unique_identifier: Unique string indetifying the object this metric is for
        :param metric: A unique name for the metric you want to track
        :param start_date: Date syncing starts
        :param end_date: Date syncing end