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ES|QL MONTH_NAME function

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  • Generally available since 9.2

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Returns the month name for a date.

Embedded
Embedded
date

Date expression. If null, the function returns null.

Returns the month name for the provided date based on the configured Locale.

date result
date keyword
date_nanos keyword
ES|QL
ROW dt = to_datetime("1996-03-21T00:00:00.000Z")
| EVAL monthName = MONTH_NAME(dt);