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# Date Month Textual Short ?

The month (in form of short text) of a date can be extracted with the help of this wildcard. The wildcard is used in the following way: 

* {date.month.textual.short.?}
* For the following input (?) --> 2020-11-01
* The output is going to be --> Nov