Returning Month Name in SQL Server Query

Question

Using SQL Server 2008, I have a query that is used to create a view and I'm trying to display a month's name instead of an integer.

In my database, the datetime is in a column called OrderDateTime. The lines in the query that return the date is:

DATENAME(yyyy, S0.OrderDateTime) AS OrderYear,
DATEPART(MONTH, S0.OrderDateTime) AS OrderMonth

This returns a column of years and a column of months as integers. I want to return the month names (Jan, Feb, etc). I've tried:

CONVERT(varchar(3), DATEPART(MONTH, S0.OrderDateTime) AS OrderMonth

This is obviously is incorrect, as I get

Incorrect syntax near 'AS'

message. What is the proper syntax for my query?

Solution 1

This will give you the full name of the month.

select datename(month, S0.OrderDateTime)

If you only want the first three letters you can use this

select convert(char(3), S0.OrderDateTime, 0)

Solution 2

Have you tried DATENAME(MONTH, S0.OrderDateTime) ?

Solution 3

Change:

CONVERT(varchar(3), DATEPART(MONTH, S0.OrderDateTime) AS OrderMonth

To:

CONVERT(varchar(3), DATENAME(MONTH, S0.OrderDateTime)) AS OrderMonth

Solution 4

Try this:

SELECT LEFT(DATENAME(MONTH,Getdate()),3)

Solution 5

DECLARE @iMonth INT=12
SELECT CHOOSE(@iMonth,'JANUARY','FEBRUARY','MARCH','APRIL','MAY','JUNE','JULY','AUGUST','SEPTEMBER','OCTOBER','NOVEMBER','DECEMBER')

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Comments

[Druid]

I think you mean DATENAME. DATEPART wouldn't do it.

[Petter Friberg]

Comment incorrectly posted in answer "What is S0 mean in the sql query?" by user7157710

[Bpainter]

S0 is an alias for a table. The answer is carrying it over from the question.

[RobIII]

I'd like to add that, typically, you don't even want to use these functions. You're better off selecting the date as date(time) or month as integer or whatever and then let your UI take care of 'converting' it to a human-friendly month name. That way your application / UI can take care of localization rather than your database, which doesn't have the slightest clue on your user's preferences or application's settings for localization. To put it in another way, think about it like this: what if your user prefers the Chinese 二月 over february?