How to get 3 letter abbreviation for month in SQL

Question

How to get month in 3 letters in SQL.

In SQL Table data is inserted:

2016-01-07 09:38:58.310

I need only month result in 3 letters

Answer 1

Or you could just do:

LEFT(GETDATE(), 3)

For instance you could declare a variable:

Declare @MONTH VARCHAR(3)

Set @MONTH = LEFT(GETDATE(), 3)