Get Month Name from Month number in MySQL?

You can use MONTHNAME() function from MySQL to display Month name from number. The syntax is as follows.

SELECT MONTHNAME(STR_TO_DATE(yourColumnName,’%m’)) as anyVariableName from yourTableName;

To understand the above concept, let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as follows.

mysql> create table MonthDemo -> ( -> MonthNum int -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.87 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −

mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(1); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(2); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(3); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(4); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(5); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(6); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(7); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(8); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(9); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(10); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(11); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into MonthDemo values(12); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

Display all records from the table using select command. The query is as follows.

mysql> select *from MonthDemo;

The following is the output.

+------------+ | MonthNum   | +------------+ | 1          | | 2          | | 3          | | 4          | | 5          | | 6          | | 7          | | 8          | | 9          | | 10         | | 11         | | 12         | +------------+ 12 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to display month name.

mysql> select monthname(str_to_date(MonthNum,'%m')) as MonthName from MonthDemo;

The following is the output.

+-----------+ | MonthName | +-----------+ | January   | | February  | | March     | | April     | | May       | | June      | | July      | | August    | | September | | October   | | November  | | December  | +-----------+ 12 rows in set (0.00 sec)