If the names are all three characters, use

substring("JanFebMarApr....", ($month-1)*3+1, 3)

Michael Kay

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> michel geadah
> Sent: 04 September 2003 13:47
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> Subject:  Date Format in XSLT
> 
> 
> hi,
> 
> I need to transform the month to words.
> For example, if i have '1' i need to output 'Jan', if i have 
> '2' i need to 
> output 'Feb', and so on...
> (That is to say if i have 1-12-2003 i need it to be transformed to 
> 1-Dec-2003)
> 
> Thanks...
> Michel
> 
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