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Virtuoso Functions Guide

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Functions Index

monthname

get name of month from a datetime
monthname (in dt datetime);
Description

monthname takes a datetime and returns a string containing name of the month represented by the datetime

Parameters
dt – A datetime.
Return Values

A VARCHAR containing name of the month.

Examples
Simple example

Get name of current month.

SQL> select monthname(now());
callret
VARCHAR
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October

See Also

dayname, dayofmonth, dayofmonth, dayofweek, dayofyear, quarter, week, month, year, hour, minute, second, timezone