How to Get a Month Name using Date in Python

Tutorialsrack 01/04/2020 Python

In this article, we will learn how to get a month's name using the date in python.

Example 1: In this example, we will use strftime('%B') date formatting method from datetime module to get the full month name using the date.

# Import Module
import datetime

def Month_Name_Using_Date(date):
    Month_name=date.strftime('%B')
    return Month_name

print ("\nFull Month Name: ",Month_Name_Using_Date(datetime.date(2020,5,3)))
# Output ==> Full Month Name:  May

print ("\nFull Month Name: ",Month_Name_Using_Date(datetime.date(2020,2,3)))
# Output ==> Full Month Name:  February

Example 2: In this example, we will use strftime('%b') date formatting method from datetime module to get the short month name or month name abbreviation using Date.

# Import Module
import datetime

def Month_Name_Using_Date(date):
    Month_name=date.strftime('%b')
    return Month_name

print ("\nShort Month Name: ",Month_Name_Using_Date(datetime.date(2020,5,3)))
# Output ==> Short Month Name:  May

print ("\nShort Month Name: ",Month_Name_Using_Date(datetime.date(2020,2,3)))
# Output ==> Short Month Name:  Feb

I hope this article will help you to understand how to get a month's name using the date in python.

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