MonthName Function

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Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition MonthName Function

Description

Returns a string indicating the specified month.

Syntax

MonthName(month[, abbreviate])
The MonthName function syntax has these parts:

Part Description

month Required. The numeric designation of the month. For example, January is 1, February is 2, and so on.

abbreviate Optional. Boolean value that indicates if the month name is to be abbreviated. If omitted, the default is False, which means that the month name is not abbreviated.

Remarks

The following example uses the MonthName function to return an abbreviated month name for a date expression:
Dim MyVar
MyVar = MonthName(10, True) ' MyVar contains "Oct". 

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Part	Description
month	Required. The numeric designation of the month. For example, January is 1, February is 2, and so on.
abbreviate	Optional. Boolean value that indicates if the month name is to be abbreviated. If omitted, the default is False, which means that the month name is not abbreviated.