Get month from the datatime column in SQL Server

Get month from the datatime column in SQL Server

DateName function in SQL Server:

         DateName function will be used to fetch the data/month/year/time from the datetime column.
drop table sample_table
create table sample_table (id int, dat datetime)
insert into sample_table values(1,getdate())
select * from sample_table
select id,dat from sample_table where datename(month,dat)='June'

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 id            dat
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 1        2010-06-07 10:54:52.607
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Venkatesan Prabu .J
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