Return the name of the month. This function returns the full name of the month, such as 'January' or 'December', for a given date.
MONTHNAME(date)Returns the full name of the month for date. The language used for the name is controlled by the value of the lc_time_names system variable. See server locale for more on the supported locales.
Changing the locale:
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SELECT MONTHNAME('2019-02-03');
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| MONTHNAME('2019-02-03') |
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| February |
+-------------------------+SET lc_time_names = 'fr_CA';
SELECT MONTHNAME('2019-05-21');
+-------------------------+
| MONTHNAME('2019-05-21') |
+-------------------------+
| mai |
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