reV.losses.utils.format_month_name

format_month_name(month_name)[source]

Format a month name to match the names in the calendar module.

In particular, any extra spaces at the beginning or end of the string are stripped, and the name is converted to a title (first letter is uppercase).

Parameters:: month_name (str) – Name of month.
Returns:: str – Name of month, formatted to match the month names in the calendar module.

Examples

>>> format_month_name("June")
"June"
>>> format_month_name("aprIl")
"April"
>>> format_month_name(" aug  ")
"Aug"