That's the way you tell the system what you want it to do. When an airplane is landing there is a radar beacon at the far end of the runway that tells the aircraft if it is too high or too low, too far right or too far left, and how much in all those cases.
Create a new variable whose value is a month name. Note: If your numeric is a SAS date value (the number of days since January 1, 1960) you can use the MONNAMEw. format to either display the SAS date as its month name or create a new variable using the PUT function. See Sample 1. If you have a numeric with values 1-12, you'll need a user-defined format. See Sample 2.
Convert date to weekday name or month name with Text function. Microsoft Excel's Text function can help you to convert date to its corresponding month name or weekday name easily. In a blank cell, please enter this formula =TEXT(A1,mmmm), in this case in cell C1. , and press the Enter key. And then drag this cell's AutoFill handle to the range as you need. And the date have been converted to month name.