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Capitalize an output file name (date)

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I have this code that results in: 2018_Aug_TCRArchive.pdf - a simple request has come in to capitalize the month... i.e. 2018_AUG_TCRArchive.pdf - why can't I figure this out?? Thanks in advance (FYI, I took over this code from another employee who is no longer here, and I don't 100% understand the code quite yet).

d = datetime.date.today()
if not d.month == 1:
dSubtracted = datetime.date(d.year,d.month-1,d.day)
else:
dSubtracted = datetime.date(d.year-1,12,d.day)

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"C:\Mxds\TCRArchive.mxd")
outputpath = 'r"C:\Pdfs'
pdfarchivefilename = '{:%Y_%b_%d}_TCRArchive.pdf"'.format(dSubtracted)

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Start with the date-formatting expression that builds pdfarchivefilename in the issue body, along with the surrounding date and PDF export code. Run the script with a representative date and verify that the generated filename uses an uppercase month abbreviation while retaining the year, day, and suffix.

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