Finding photos by Month

I want to categorize my photos by month, e.g., all photos taken in November in the keyword "nov" without regard to year. I can do this by brute force by finding Novembers in 2007 and categorizing them, followed by Novembers in 2006 ... back to 2000 when my digital images start. Is there a better way?
Thanks,
Ollie

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