Template:MONTHNAME
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This template returns the name of the month whose number is in parameter. Alternatively, the English month name or abbreviation (with any letter case) can be given.
Syntax
{{MONTHNAME|
month}}
- The month value is interpreted modulo 12 (extra leading zeroes and decimals are ignored).
Compatibility synonym
{{month name|
month}}
Examples for all standard month numbers
{{MONTHNAME|1}}
returns January{{MONTHNAME|2}}
returns February{{MONTHNAME|3}}
returns March{{MONTHNAME|4}}
returns April{{MONTHNAME|5}}
returns May{{MONTHNAME|6}}
returns June{{MONTHNAME|7}}
returns July{{MONTHNAME|8}}
returns August{{MONTHNAME|9}}
returns September{{MONTHNAME|10}}
returns October{{MONTHNAME|11}}
returns November{{MONTHNAME|12}}
returns December
Examples for month numbers with extra leading zero
{{MONTHNAME|01}}
returns January{{MONTHNAME|02}}
returns February{{MONTHNAME|03}}
returns March{{MONTHNAME|04}}
returns April{{MONTHNAME|05}}
returns May{{MONTHNAME|06}}
returns June{{MONTHNAME|07}}
returns July{{MONTHNAME|08}}
returns August{{MONTHNAME|09}}
returns September
Examples for month number cyclic underflows and overflows, from computed values
{{MONTHNAME|-12}}
returns December{{MONTHNAME|-11}}
returns January{{MONTHNAME|-10}}
returns February{{MONTHNAME|-9}}
returns March{{MONTHNAME|-3}}
returns September{{MONTHNAME|-2}}
returns October{{MONTHNAME|-1}}
returns November{{MONTHNAME|0}}
returns December{{MONTHNAME|13}}
returns January{{MONTHNAME|14}}
returns February{{MONTHNAME|15}}
returns March{{MONTHNAME|16}}
returns April{{MONTHNAME|23}}
returns November{{MONTHNAME|24}}
returns December{{MONTHNAME|25}}
returns January{{MONTHNAME|1200}}
returns December{{MONTHNAME|1201}}
returns January{{MONTHNAME|1212}}
returns December
Examples for all standard English month names
{{MONTHNAME|JANUARY}}
returns January{{MONTHNAME|FEBRUARY}}
returns February{{MONTHNAME|MARCH}}
returns March{{MONTHNAME|APRIL}}
returns April{{MONTHNAME|MAY}}
returns May{{MONTHNAME|JUNE}}
returns June{{MONTHNAME|JULY}}
returns July{{MONTHNAME|AUGUST}}
returns August{{MONTHNAME|SEPTEMBER}}
returns September{{MONTHNAME|OCTOBER}}
returns October{{MONTHNAME|NOVEMBER}}
returns November{{MONTHNAME|DECEMBER}}
returns December
Examples for all abbreviated English month names
{{MONTHNAME|jan}}
returns January{{MONTHNAME|feb}}
returns February{{MONTHNAME|mar}}
returns March{{MONTHNAME|apr}}
returns April{{MONTHNAME|may}}
returns May{{MONTHNAME|jun}}
returns June{{MONTHNAME|jul}}
returns July{{MONTHNAME|aug}}
returns August{{MONTHNAME|sep}}
returns September{{MONTHNAME|oct}}
returns October{{MONTHNAME|nov}}
returns November{{MONTHNAME|dec}}
returns December
Related pages
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] all subsections that follow:Multiple units of time
Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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Date and Time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) |
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Date Only | {{Dateonly}} {{Datedow}} (Has the day of the week) |
{{Date}} (Chose format) {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=) {{TODAY}} (DMY) |
{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}} |
{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+1}} |
Time only | {{Timeonly}} | {{CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format) |
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Banners | {{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles) {{Right now (User message)}} (Orange with time and number of Wikipedia articles |
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Timestamp | {{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
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SECOND | {{CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
MINUTE | {{CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
HOUR | {{Currenthour}} | {{Hour-1}} | {{Hour+1}} | |
WEEK | {{CURRENTWEEKOFYEAR}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
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Day of Week | {{Dow}} | {{CURRENTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}} |
{{LASTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{LASTWEEKDAYABBREV}} |
{{NEXTWEEKDAYNAME}} {{NEXTWEEKDAYABBREV}} |
MONTH | {{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded) |
{{Currentmonth}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTHNUMBER}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}} |
{{LASTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{LASTMONTHNAME}} {{LASTMONTHABBR}} |
{{NEXTMONTH}} (Can make not zero-padded) {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} {{NEXTMONTHABBR}} |
Day of Month | {{Currentday}} | |||
YEAR | {{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} |
{{LASTYEAR}} | {{NEXTYEAR}} | |
Day of Year | {{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}} | |||
DECADE | {{DECADE}} | {{CURRENTDECADE}} | {{LASTDECADE}} | {{NEXTDECADE}} |
CENTURY | {{CENTURY}} | {{CURRENTCENTURY}} | {{LASTCENTURY}} | {{NEXTCENTURY}} |
MILLENNIUM | {{MILLENNIUM}} | {{Currentmillennium}} |
Date and time Templates made for substitution:
Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Nov
{{Nmonth}} produces Jan
{{LastMonth}} produces Template:LastMonth
{{NextMonth}} produces Template:NextMonth
Individual Templates
- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}
Categories of Templates
- Category:Time, date and calendar templates
- Category:Date-computing templates
- Category:Date-computing templates based on current time
- Category:ISO date templates
- Category:Calendar templates
- Category:Clock templates
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