Mysql date month name

The Tutorial elaborate an example from Date Month Name in Mysql. To get the
current value for the month of the year ,we use the following Query:
date_format(now ( ),%M') return you the current month of the
year.
Query for selecting current month name:-
mysql> select date_format(now(),'%M')as Monthname;
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Output:-
+-----------+
| Monthname |
+-----------+
| December |
+-----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
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