diff --git a/Background Scripts/Get Current Month/CurrentMonth.js b/Background Scripts/Get Current Month/CurrentMonth.js
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+var currentDate = new GlideDate();
+var monthNumber = currentDate.getMonth();
+var monthNames = [
+  "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "June",
+  "July", "Aug", "Sept", "OCT", "Nov", "Dec"
+];
+
+var monthName = monthNames[monthNumber - 1]; 
+gs.log(monthName);