Convert Month Number to Month Name in SQL Server

One of my blog readers mailed me asking a simple way to convert a month number to month name. Here’s the simplest way in my opinion:

DECLARE @Mth smallint
SET @Mth = 11
SELECT DateName(mm,DATEADD(mm,@Mth,-1)) as [MonthName]

OUTPUT

Similarly if you want to list all the month names for a year using a T-SQL statement, you can do this:

SELECT Number + 1 as [MonthNumber],
DateName(mm,DATEADD(mm,Number,0)) as [MonthName]
FROM master..spt_values
WHERE Type = 'P' and Number < 12

OUTPUT

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Suprotim Agarwal, MCSD, MCAD, MCDBA, MCSE, is the founder of DotNetCurry, DNC Magazine for Developers, SQLServerCurry and DevCurry. He has also authored a couple of books 51 Recipes using jQuery with ASP.NET Controls and a new one recently at The Absolutely Awesome jQuery CookBook.

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