Template:MONTHNAME
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
Related pages
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Multiple units of time
| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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| Date and Time | {time} | {Currentdate} (MDY) {Plain now} (DMY) {Now} (DMY in a complete sentence) |
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| 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) |
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| Banners | {Right now} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles) {Right now (User message)} (Orange with time and number of Wikipedia articles |
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| Timestamp | {Timestamp} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
| Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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| SECOND | {CURRENTSECOND} | |||
| MINUTE | {CURRENTMINUTE} | |||
| HOUR | {CURRENTHOUR} | |||
| WEEK | {CURRENTWEEK} {CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH} |
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| Day of Week | {DAYOFWEEK} | {CURRENTDAYNAME} {CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV} {CURRENTWEEKDAY} |
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| MONTH | {MONTHNAME} {MONTHABBREV} {MONTHNUMBER} {MONTH} (zero padded) |
{CURRENTMONTHNAME} {CURRENTMONTHABBREV} {CURRENTMONTH1} {CURRENTMONTHDAYS} |
{LASTMONTHNAME} | {NEXTMONTHNAME} |
| Day of Month | {CURRENTDAY} {CURRENTDAY2} (zero padded) |
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| YEAR | {CURRENTYEARCC} {CURRENTYEARYY} {CURRENTISOYEAR} {CURRENTYEAR} |
{LASTYEAR} | {NEXTYEAR} | |
| Day of Year | {CURRENTDAYOFYEAR} | |||
| DECADE | {DECADE} | {CURRENTDECADE} | ||
| CENTURY | {CENTURY} | {CURRENTCENTURY} | ||
| MILLENNIUM | {MILLENNIUM} |
Date and time Templates made for substitution:
Month:
{Lmonth} produces Feb
{Nmonth} produces Apr
{LastMonth} produces February 2025
{NextMonth} produces April 2025