Getting nominative month name in date-fns

Question

How can I get the name of the month in nominative format?

import { format } from 'date-fns'; 
import { ru } from 'date-fns/locale';

format(new Date(), 'MMMM', { locale: ru }); // июня

How can I get the name like юинь instead of июня?

Deathtrap

Answer 1

I was able to find a solution. To get the stand-alone name of the month the LLLL format should be used.

The working code should look like this:

import { format } from 'date-fns'; 
import { ru } from 'date-fns/locale';

format(new Date(), 'LLLL', { locale: ru }); // июнь

See documentation -> Month (stand-alone): https://date-fns.org/v2.14.0/docs/format

Deathtrap

Answer 2

There are a few patterns you can use.

• LLL: Jan, Feb, ..., Dec
• LLLL: January, February, ..., December
• LLLLL: J, F, ..., D
• MMM: Jan, Feb, ..., Dec
• MMMM: January, February, ..., December
• MMMMM: J, F, ..., D

Hartfield

Any difference between LLL and MMM for example? Or are they just aliases for the same thing? – Seurat

@Seurat in the default locale (en-US) they are same, but in some locales they differ a little bit. In other languages LLL is stand-alone unit, MMM is not which means LLL returns the name of a month, when MMM is declined according to the rules of the language. – Hartfield

Answer 3

Use the LLLL format to get full month names. I have tried and it worked! example:

import {format} from 'date-fns';
const formattedDate = format(new Date(), 'LLLL');

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