How to get the month name from a date in C++

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#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <sstream>
#include <ctime>

std::string getMonthName(const std::string& dateString, const std::string& format) {
    std::istringstream ss(dateString);
    std::tm t{};
    ss >> std::get_time(&t, format.c_str());

    if (ss.fail()) {
        return "Invalid date format"; 
    }

    char monthName[32]; 
    std::strftime(monthName, sizeof(monthName), "%B", &t); // %B for full month name

    return std::string(monthName);
}

int main() {
    std::string date = "2023-03-17";
    std::string format = "%Y-%m-%d";
    std::string month = getMonthName(date, format);
    std::cout << date << " -> " << month << std::endl; 

    date = "12/27/2024";
    format = "%m/%d/%Y";
    month = getMonthName(date, format);
    std::cout << date << " -> " << month << std::endl; 

    date = "Jan 7, 2025";
    format = "%b %d, %Y"; // %b for abbreviated month name
    month = getMonthName(date, format);
    std::cout << date << " -> " << month << std::endl; 

    std::string invalidDate = "2021/13/19"; // Invalid month - 13
    std::string invalidFormat = "%Y-%m-%d";
    std::string resultInvalid = getMonthName(invalidDate, invalidFormat);
    std::cout << invalidDate << " -> " << resultInvalid << std::endl; 
}

  
  
/*
run:

2023-03-17 -> March
12/27/2024 -> December
Jan 7, 2025 -> January
2021/13/19 -> Invalid date format
   
*/

 



answered Jan 7, 2025 by avibootz

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