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