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# pandas.Timestamp.month_name

Timestamp.month_name(locale=None)

  Return the month name of the Timestamp with specified locale.

  This method returns the full name of the month corresponding to the Timestamp, such as ‘January’, ‘February’, etc. The month name can be returned in a specified locale if provided; otherwise, it defaults to the English locale.

  Parameters:
    locale str, default None (English locale)

      Locale determining the language in which to return the month name.

  Returns:
    str

      The full month name as a string.

  See also

  `Timestamp.day_name`

    Returns the name of the day of the week.

  `Timestamp.strftime`

    Returns a formatted string of the Timestamp.

  `datetime.datetime.strftime`

    Returns a string representing the date and time.

  Examples

  Get the month name in English (default):

      >>> ts = pd.Timestamp('2020-03-14T15:32:52.192548651')
      >>> ts.month_name()
      'March'

  Analogous for `pd.NaT`:

      >>> pd.NaT.month_name()
      nan