Get Month Name from sqlserver

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im my sqlserver database am saving date like : Tuesday, May 14, 2013... its a varchar datatype.....

i need to get full month name from this date like january,february.....

Please help me

Posted 29-Oct-13 6:58am

kanth5865

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ZurdoDev 29-Oct-13 13:12pm

convert to datetime and then use MONTH()

Bernhard Hiller 30-Oct-13 3:20am

That's a great idea! What about running it on a different locale, e.g. German: "Dienstag, 14. Mai 2013". And now think of a company with offices in many countries. Have fun!

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RaisKazi · Answer 1 · 2013-10-29T07:23:00

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Try as below.

SQL

select datename(month, cast(COLUNM_NAME as datetime)) from TABLE_NAME;

Posted 29-Oct-13 7:23am

RaisKazi

Updated 29-Oct-13 7:26am

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