Page Layout ⇒ How do I insert a customized date in latex?

[pikkip]

\def\today{\ifcase\month\or
  January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or
  July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or December\fi
  \space \number\year}

How do I customize this to get a specific month and year? For example, I need the result "May 2017" for this. Currently, I am getting it as "April 2017" since I am doing it in April. Since I am new to Latex, I am not able to figure out the reason.

[Johannes_B]

I think the reason for this is clear.

Use \date{May 2017}.

[pikkip]

Thank you, it worked.