C# Get Month INT from Month String [duplicate]

Question

I found a lot of ways to get the name from a number but now I need it the other way around.

If the string equals April, I want to convert it to int "4".

Does anyone know the best way to accomplish this server side?

Answer 1

 int month = DateTime.ParseExact("April", "MMMM", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).Month;

Answer 2

int month = DateTime.ParseExact(MonthNameStr, "MMMM", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture ).Month

or you can do

int  month = DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.MonthNames.ToList().IndexOf(MonthNameStr) + 1;