Convert Month Number to Month Name Function in SQL

Question

I have months stored in SQL Server as 1,2,3,4,...12. I would like to display them as January,February etc. Is there a function in SQL Server like MonthName(1) = January? I a

Answer 1

A little hacky but should work:

SELECT DATENAME(month, DATEADD(month, @mydate-1, CAST('2008-01-01' AS datetime)))

Answer 2

Try this: SELECT MONTHNAME(concat('1970-',[Month int val],'-01'))

For example- SELECT MONTHNAME(concat('1970-',4,'-01'))

The answer is - April

Answer 3

Use this statement for getting month name:

DECLARE @date datetime
SET @date='2015/1/4 00:00:00'

SELECT CAST(DATENAME(month,@date )  AS CHAR(3))AS 'Month Name'

This will give you short month name. Like this: Jan, Feb, Mar, etc.

Answer 4

You can create a function like this to generate the Month and do SELECT dbo.fn_GetMonthFromDate(date_column) as Month FROM table_name

/****** Object:  UserDefinedFunction [dbo].[fn_GetMonthFromDate]    Script Date: 11/16/2018 10:26:33 AM ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_GetMonthFromDate] 
(@date datetime)
RETURNS varchar(50)
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @monthPart int


SET @monthPart = MONTH(@date)

IF @monthPart = 1
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'January'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 2
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'February'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 3
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'March'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 4
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'April'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 5
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'May'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 6
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'June'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 7
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'July'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 8
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'August'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 9
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'September'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 10
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'October'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 11
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'November'
    END
ELSE IF @monthPart = 12
    BEGIN
        RETURN 'December'
    END
RETURN NULL END

Answer 5

in addition to original

SELECT DATENAME(m, str(2) + '/1/2011')

you can do this

SELECT DATENAME(m, str([column_name]) + '/1/2011')

this way you get names for all rows in a table. where [column_name] represents a integer column containing numeric value 1 through 12

2 represents any integer, by contact string i created a date where i can extract the month. '/1/2011' can be any date

if you want to do this with variable

DECLARE @integer int;

SET @integer = 6;

SELECT DATENAME(m, str(@integer) + '/1/2011')

Answer 6

Use this statement to convert Month numeric value to Month name.

SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(3), DATENAME(MONTH, GETDATE()))