Metabox date month number to word

Question

I use custom metabox with date (day, month and year). The problem is when I try to transform date number to date word - for example 10 to be October. I use this code:

function eventposttype_get_the_month_abbr($month) {
global $wp_locale;
for ( $i = 1; $i < 13; $i = $i +1 ) {
            if ( $i == $month )
                $monthabbr = $wp_locale->get_month_abbrev( $wp_locale->get_month( $i ) );
            }
return $monthabbr;
}

But now the month is displayed only with three symbols - Oct. I like to be full month name. Is there any way to define it?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

The code you are using is specifically for the month abbreviation, (Oct). You should be using this:

function eventposttype_get_the_month($month) {
global $wp_locale;
for ( $i = 1; $i < 13; $i = $i +1 ) {
            if ( $i == $month )
                $month =$wp_locale->get_month( $i ) ;
            }
return $monthabbr;
}