Template:MONTHNAME

Template:Template documentation This template returns the name of the month whose number is in parameter. Alternatively, the english month name or abbreviation (with any letter case) can be given.

Syntax:

{{MONTHNAME|month}}

• The month value is interpreted modulo 12 (extra leading zeroes and decimals are ignored).

Examples for all standard English month names:

{{MONTHNAME|JANUARY}} returns January

{{MONTHNAME|FEBRUARY}} returns February

{{MONTHNAME|MARCH}} returns March

{{MONTHNAME|APRIL}} returns April

{{MONTHNAME|MAY}} returns May

{{MONTHNAME|JUNE}} returns June

{{MONTHNAME|JULY}} returns July

{{MONTHNAME|AUGUST}} returns August

{{MONTHNAME|SEPTEMBER}} returns September

{{MONTHNAME|OCTOBER}} returns October

{{MONTHNAME|NOVEMBER}} returns November

{{MONTHNAME|DECEMBER}} returns December

Examples for all abbreviated English month names:

{{MONTHNAME|jan}} returns January

{{MONTHNAME|feb}} returns February

{{MONTHNAME|mar}} returns March

{{MONTHNAME|apr}} returns April

{{MONTHNAME|may}} returns May

{{MONTHNAME|jun}} returns June

{{MONTHNAME|jul}} returns July

{{MONTHNAME|aug}} returns August

{{MONTHNAME|sep}} returns September

{{MONTHNAME|oct}} returns October

{{MONTHNAME|nov}} returns November

{{MONTHNAME|dec}} returns December

Examples for all standard month numbers:

{{MONTHNAME|1}} returns January

{{MONTHNAME|2}} returns February

{{MONTHNAME|3}} returns March

{{MONTHNAME|4}} returns April

{{MONTHNAME|5}} returns May

{{MONTHNAME|6}} returns June

{{MONTHNAME|7}} returns July

{{MONTHNAME|8}} returns August

{{MONTHNAME|9}} returns September

{{MONTHNAME|10}} returns October

{{MONTHNAME|11}} returns November

{{MONTHNAME|12}} returns December

Examples for month numbers with extra leading zero:

{{MONTHNAME|01}} returns January

{{MONTHNAME|02}} returns February

{{MONTHNAME|03}} returns March

{{MONTHNAME|04}} returns April

{{MONTHNAME|05}} returns May

{{MONTHNAME|06}} returns June

{{MONTHNAME|07}} returns July

{{MONTHNAME|08}} returns August

{{MONTHNAME|09}} returns September

Examples for month number cyclic underflows and overflows, from computed values:

{{MONTHNAME|-12}} returns December

{{MONTHNAME|-11}} returns January

{{MONTHNAME|-10}} returns February

{{MONTHNAME|-9}} returns March

{{MONTHNAME|-3}} returns October

{{MONTHNAME|-2}} returns October

{{MONTHNAME|-1}} returns November

{{MONTHNAME|0}} returns December

{{MONTHNAME|13}} returns January

{{MONTHNAME|14}} returns February

{{MONTHNAME|15}} returns March

{{MONTHNAME|16}} returns April

{{MONTHNAME|23}} returns November

{{MONTHNAME|24}} returns December

{{MONTHNAME|25}} returns January

{{MONTHNAME|1200}} returns December

{{MONTHNAME|1201}} returns January

{{MONTHNAME|1212}} returns December

See also:

Template:MONTHNUMBER

Template:MONTHABBREV

Template:CURRENTMONTHNAME