Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition MonthName Function | Language Reference Version 2

See Also

##### Description

> Returns a string indicating the specified month.

##### Syntax

> MonthName(month[, abbreviate])

> The MonthName function syntax has these parts:

> Part | Description
> month | Required. The numeric designation of the month. For example, January is 1, February is 2, and so on.
> abbreviate | Optional. Boolean value that indicates if the month name is to be abbreviated. If omitted, the default is False, which means that the month name is not abbreviated.

##### Remarks

> The following example uses the MonthName function to return an abbreviated month name for a date expression:

> >     Dim MyVar
> >     MyVar = MonthName(10, True) ' MyVar contains "Oct".

© 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.