Try this:

use Modern::Perl;

my($day, $month, $year)=(localtime)[3,4,5];    
$year = $year + 1900;
$month++;

given ($month) {
  when  ("1") {$month = "January"   }
  when  ("2") {$month = "February"  }
  when  ("3") {$month = "March"     }
  when  ("4") {$month = "April"     }
  when  ("5") {$month = "May"       }
  when  ("6") {$month = "June"      }
  when  ("7") {$month = "July"      }
  when  ("8") {$month = "August"    }
  when  ("9") {$month = "September" }
  when ("10") {$month = "October"   }
  when ("11") {$month = "November"  }
  when ("12") {$month = "December"  }
}

print $month;

__END__
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In reply to Re: convert month number to month name by cztmonk
in thread convert month number to month name by Shaveta_Chawla

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