MONTH_NAME Function

Standard Library function that returns a string or string array containing the names of the months contained in a date/time variable.

result = MONTH_NAME(dt_var)

dt_var date/time variable.

result A string array containing the name(s) of the months.

None.

The names of the months are defined as string values in the system variable !Month_List.

dttoday = TODAY()
PRINT, dttoday

{ 1992 4 1 6 12 57.0000 87493.259 0}

; Create a variable that contains date/time data for today's date.

m = MONTH_NAME(dttoday)
PRINT, m

April

!Day_Names, !Month_Names, DAY_NAME, DAY_OF_WEEK

For more information, see Chapter 8, Working with Date/Time Data, in the PV-WAVE User's Guide.