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);

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Or

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

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

GetAbbreviatedMonthName(1);

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