DATENAME(MONTH,GETADATE()) is returning numeric value of the month as '09'

Question

When I run the following query [SELECT DATENAME(MONTH,GETDATE())], ideally speaking it should return value as \'September\' but its returning value as \'09\'. I am running t

Answer 1

SELECT @@LANGUAGE -> gives an Asian one?

SET LANGUAGE Japanese
SELECT DATENAME (month, GETDATE())

SET LANGUAGE us_english
SELECT DATENAME (month, GETDATE())

DATENAME depends on language, so need to change server default or your login default language...

Thank you and sayonara...