Convert month int to month name

Question

I was simply trying to use the DateTime structure to transform an integer between 1 and 12 into an abbrieviated month name.

Here is what I tried:

DateTime getMonth = DateTime.ParseExact(Month.ToString(),                         "M", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture); return getMonth.ToString("MMM"); 

However I get a FormatException on the first line because the string is not a valid DateTime. Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Answer 1

CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(1); 

See Here for more details.

Or

DateTime dt = DateTime.Now; Console.WriteLine( dt.ToString( "MMMM" ) ); 

Or if you want to get the culture-specific abbreviated name.

GetAbbreviatedMonthName(1); 

Reference

Answer 2

var monthIndex = 1; return month = DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.GetAbbreviatedMonthName(monthIndex); 

You can try this one as well