month (numeric) to string?? is there such?

[eiji]

hi there :D

a little question..
im working on ruby on rails but the question is on ruby.. how do i output print out the month given that i have the numbers (1-12)

im using it in the select option (dropdown) where the month is outputted

<select name="member_account[birthday(2i)]">
<% month = 1
while month <= 12 %>
<option value="<%=month%>"><%=month%></option>
<% month += 1 %> #here it is uphere
<% end %> #how do i print it in its string format?
</select>

[steve_d555]

There is actually a specific function just for selecting months. You can view it at the API (http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper.html#M000390).