How to get Month from a date field

[street9]

c.Contract_Start_Date__c

this id a date field type.

I need to get month from the above date in trigger code.

Eg: c.Contract_Start_Date__c =13/12/2012

then i need Month= DEC 

[vishal@force · Accepted solution]

Integer dtMonth = c.Contract_Start_Date__c.month();

The method ".month()" returns an integer, so if your date is 11/11/2012, it will return you '11'.  To get the Month Name, write some logic that returns you the month name when you pass the month number to it. 

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[street9]

Yes, i referred.....i have resolved it

date d=c.c.Contract_Start_Date__c;

Integer dtMonth = d.month();