sql server Get the FULL month name from a date

Question

How do I use sql to get the whole month name in sql server?
I did't find a way using DATEPART(mm, mydate) or CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), CreatedFor, 107).

Basically I need in the format: April 1 2009.

Answer 1

SELECT DATENAME(MONTH, GETDATE()) 
         + RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), GETDATE(), 107), 9) AS [Month DD, YYYY]

OR Date without Comma Between date and year, you can use the following

SELECT DATENAME(MONTH, GETDATE()) + ' ' + CAST(DAY(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR(2))
           + ' ' + CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR(4)) AS [Month DD YYYY]

Answer 2

If you are using SQL Server 2012 or later, you can use:

SELECT FORMAT(MyDate, 'MMMM dd yyyy')

You can view the documentation for more information on the format.

Answer 3

Most answers are a bit more complicated than necessary, or don't provide the exact format requested.

select Format(getdate(), 'MMMM dd yyyy') --returns 'October 01 2020', note the leading zero
select Format(getdate(), 'MMMM d yyyy') --returns the desired format with out the leading zero: 'October 1 2020'

If you want a comma, as you normally would, use:

select Format(getdate(), 'MMMM d, yyyy') --returns 'October 1, 2020'

Note: even though there is only one 'd' for the day, it will become a 2 digit day when needed.