For month scale you can use the SetStyle() method to choose between a variety of formats.
 
 MONTHSTYLE_SHORTNAMEDisplay the month name in its locale specific short form, i.e Jan, Feb etc
 
 MONTHSTYLE_SHORTNAMEYEAR2Display the month name in its locale specific short form together with a 2 digit year , i.e Jan '01, Feb '01 etc
 
 MONTHSTYLE_SHORTNAMEYEAR4Display the month name in its locale specific short form together with a 4 digit year , i.e Jan 2001, Feb 2001 etc
 
 MONTHSTYLE_LONGNAMEDisplay the month name in its locale specific long name, i.e. January, February
 
 MONTHSTYLE_LONGNAMEYEAR2Display the month name in its locale specific long name together with a 2 digit year , i.e January '01, February '01 etc
 
 MONTHSTYLE_LONGNAMEYEAR4Display the month name in its locale specific long name together with a 4 digit year , i.e January 2001, February 2001 etc
 
 MONTHSTYLE_FIRSTLETTERThe first letter of the month name