Template:MONTHNAME

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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).

Compatibility synonym

{{month name|month}}

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 September

{{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

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

See also

[] all subsections that follow:

Multiple units of time

Type	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
Date and Time	{{time}}	{{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence)
Date Only	{{Dateonly}} {{Datedow}} (Has the day of the week)	{{Date}} (Chose format) {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=) {{TODAY}} (DMY)	{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}}	{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+1}}
Time only	{{Timeonly}}	{{CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format)
Banners		{{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Starfleet Logistics articles) {{Right now (User message)}} (Orange with time and number of Starfleet Logistics articles
Timestamp		{{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss)

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Single units of time

Unit of time	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
SECOND		{{CURRENTSECOND}}
MINUTE		{{CURRENTMINUTE}}
HOUR		{{Currenthour}}	{{Hour-1}}	{{Hour+1}}
WEEK		{{CURRENTWEEKOFYEAR}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}}
Day of Week	{{Dow}}	{{CURRENTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}}	{{LASTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{LASTWEEKDAYABBREV}}	{{NEXTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{NEXTWEEKDAYABBREV}}
MONTH	{{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded)	{{Currentmonth}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTHNUMBER}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}}	{{LASTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{LASTMONTHNAME}} {{LASTMONTHABBR}}	{{NEXTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} {{NEXTMONTHABBR}}
Day of Month		{{Currentday}}
YEAR		{{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}	{{LASTYEAR}}	{{NEXTYEAR}}
Day of Year		{{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}}
DECADE	{{DECADE}}	{{CURRENTDECADE}}	{{LASTDECADE}}	{{NEXTDECADE}}
CENTURY	{{CENTURY}}	{{CURRENTCENTURY}}	{{LASTCENTURY}}	{{NEXTCENTURY}}
MILLENNIUM	{{MILLENNIUM}}	{{Currentmillennium}}

Date and time Templates made for substitution:

Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Oct
{{Nmonth}} produces Dec
{{LastMonth}} produces October 2024
{{NextMonth}} produces December 2024

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Individual Templates

• {{Calendar}}
• {{Calendar clock with Starfleet Logistics stats}}
• {{Clock}}
• {{Digital clock}}
• {{Digital clock and date}}

Categories of Templates

• Category:Time, date and calendar templates
• Category:Date-computing templates
• Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
• Category:ISO date templates
• Category:Calendar templates
• Category:Clock templates

External links

• Template:MONTHNAME at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

 

External links

• Template:MONTHNAME at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.