monthname

Returns the name of the month for a given date.

The date parameter must be of the DATE or DATETIME type.

Syntax

VARCHAR MONTHNAME(date)

Examples

MySQL > select monthname('2008-02-03 00:00:00');
+----------------------------------+
| monthname('2008-02-03 00:00:00') |
+----------------------------------+
| February                         |
+----------------------------------+

keyword

MONTHNAME, monthname