convert date to month name

[Del235]

How do I convert date to month name?  I see the dax to convert date to month number but not month name

[StuartSmith · Accepted solution]

You could try... and change to the desired format.

[sevenhills · Accepted solution]

In the data view,

create two columns. one for month number and other for month name. 

Month Number = Format([YourDate], "MM")

Month Name = Format([YourDate], "MMM")

select the month name column, in the column tools menu, click "Sort by column". Here, by default it will show the month name column. Now, you click "Month number" column. 

In all your visuals of month name, it will be sorted by Month number.

Optional: you can hide the month number column for the users.

Hope it helps!

[Idrissshatila · Accepted solution]

Hello @Del235 ,

can you show us what do you have, the scenario you're working on so we could help.

[Syndicate_Admin]

You'll see the name of the month, such as "January" or "February."
Just like in letter reverser, where you change the style of the text, here you change the format of the date!

[Anonymous]

Hi @Del235 ,

You could try @StuartSmith's suggestion to format the date column, for Format() function, it will return a text type value.

If you want to sort the month from Jan to Dec, you could try @sevenhills 's suggestion, create a new column with month number, sort the month number column, then sort the month name column by month number column.

Note: In Power BI, for text value, it sort by the ascii value.

Best regards,
Community Support Team_Binbin Yu
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[Anonymous]

Hi,

Use the below code:

MonthName = FORMAT(Table[Date], "MMM")

[Del235]

How do I make the data type date?  What I'm trying to do is get the Month name to to sort as Jan - Dec.  This leaves it as text and sorts alphabetically

[Idrissshatila · Accepted solution]

Hello @Del235 ,

can you show us what do you have, the scenario you're working on so we could help.

[sevenhills · Accepted solution]

In the data view,

create two columns. one for month number and other for month name. 

Month Number = Format([YourDate], "MM")

Month Name = Format([YourDate], "MMM")

select the month name column, in the column tools menu, click "Sort by column". Here, by default it will show the month name column. Now, you click "Month number" column. 

In all your visuals of month name, it will be sorted by Month number.

Optional: you can hide the month number column for the users.

Hope it helps!

[Del235 · Accepted solution]

I have something like this, so this does work.  I didn't want two columns. 

[StuartSmith · Accepted solution]

You could try... and change to the desired format.

[Idrissshatila]

Hello @Del235 ,

use the following code

Month Name = FORMAT('YourTableName'[Date],"MMMM")

[sayaliredij]

HI @Del235 

You can use

Monthname = FORMAT('Table'[date_column], "MMM")

Thanks and Regards,

Sayali

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