MonthName

$return = MonthName(month[,abbreviate])

$return = MonthName(date[,abbreviate][,date_format])

Where:

$return	The month name of the specified month of the year.
month	The number of the the month of the year. See the Month script command.
date	The input date.
abbreviate	Specify "true" to return an abbreviated month name. Specify "false" to return the full month name. ("false" is the default)
date_format	can be one of the following: DMY (date is in DD/MM/YYYY format.) MDY (date is in MM/DD/YYYY format.) YMD (date is in YYYY/MM/DD or YYYY-MM-DD format.) date_format may be omitted, in which case the date format is taken from the "Option DateFormat" command. If the "Option DateFormat" command is also omitted, then the date format is assumed to be the system short date format.

month, date and date_format may be a variables.

The MonthName command returns the month name for the specified month of the year.

Examples

$MonthName = MonthName($DATE)	'Returns today's month name in system short date format
$MonthName = MonthName("2015-01-01",YMD)	'Returns January
$MonthName = MonthName("2015-02-01",true,ymd)	'Returns Feb

Sample Script

' Display the date.

$Today = $DATE

$DayName = WeekdayName($Today)

$DayNumber = Day($Today)

$MonName = MonthName($Today)

$Year = Year($Today)

MsgBox("Today is " & $DayName & ", " & $MonName _

& " " & $DayNumber & ", " & $Year)

exit