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.
This article describes the formula syntax and usage of the MONTH function in Microsoft Excel. Returns the month of a date represented by a serial number. The month is given as an integer, ranging from 1 (January) to 12 (December). MONTH(serial_number) The MONTH function syntax has the following arguments: Serial_number Required. The date of the month you are trying to find. Dates should be entered by using the DATE function, or as results of other formulas or functions. For example, use DATE(2008,5,23) for the 23rd day of May, 2008. Problems can occur if dates are entered as text.