Date.MonthName Function in Power Query

The Date.MonthName function returns the name of the month component of the given date.

Syntax

Date.MonthName(date as any, optional culture as nullable text) as nullable text

Example: Get the month name of the given dates.

Power Query M

let
  Source = Table.FromRecords(
    {
      [Year = "20-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "21-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "22-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "23-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "24-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "25-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "26-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "27-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "28-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "29-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "30-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "31-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "01-08-2024"], 
      [Year = "02-08-2024"], 
      [Year = "03-08-2024"], 
      [Year = "04-08-2024"], 
      [Year = "05-08-2024"], 
      [Year = "06-08-2024"]
    }
  ), 
  #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source, {{"Year", type date}}), 
  Return = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Month Name", each Date.MonthName([Year]))
in
    Return

The output of the above code is shown below:

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