How to Get Month Name From Date in MS Access Query

Quick summary

To get a month name from a date in an MS Access query, you use the Query Design view to add a custom SQL expression in the Field row that converts a date value into its corresponding month name. This method works directly within Access without requiring any external tools or macros.

Steps

1. Go to the Create tab in MS Access.
2. Select Query Design to open the query builder.
3. Select your table and click Add Selected Tables to add it to the query.
4. In the Field row of a blank column, enter the SQL expression to extract the month name from the date field.
5. Run the query by clicking the Run button.
6. The query results will display the month name extracted from the date field for each record.