Question

I have a variable with a 2 digit month number. Is there a built in function that allows me to change it to the month name. I thought maybe the date() function would work, but that requires a full timestamp.

Answer 1

You can use mktime with arbitrary parameters (exception of month) and then format using date (this might buy you something as far as locales).

 date('M', mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, 1, 2000));