From 450eb72d873e4ced69e366b5814c402012a3b269 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MainShayne233 <shaynetremblay@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 01:25:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] adds month_name/1 function to Date module

---
 lib/calendar/date.ex | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/calendar/date.ex b/lib/calendar/date.ex
index d469722..873a032 100644
--- a/lib/calendar/date.ex
+++ b/lib/calendar/date.ex
@@ -554,6 +554,25 @@ defmodule Calendar.Date do
   """
   def sunday?(date), do: day_of_week(date) == 7
 
+  @doc """
+  The name of the month as a string.
+  Takes a language code as the second argument. Defaults to :en for English.
+
+  ## Examples
+
+      iex> {2015, 7, 6} |> month_name # July
+      "July"
+      iex> {2015, 2, 7} |> month_name # February
+      "February"
+      iex> {2015, 11, 5} |> month_name # November
+      "November"
+  """
+  def month_name(date, lang \\ :en) do
+    date
+    |> contained_date
+    |> Calendar.Strftime.strftime!("%B", lang)
+  end
+
   @doc """
 
   ## Examples