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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T06:27:31+00:00 2026-05-13T06:27:31+00:00

Why does: DateTime.Now.ToString(M) not return the month number? Instead it returns the full month

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Why does:

DateTime.Now.ToString("M")

not return the month number? Instead it returns the full month name with the day on it.

Apparently, this is because “M” is also a standard code for the MonthDayPattern. I don’t want this…I want to get the month number using “M”. Is there a way to turn this off?

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    2026-05-13T06:27:32+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 6:27 am

    According to MSDN, you can use either "%M", "M " or " M" (note: the last two will also include the space in the result) to force M being parsed as the number of month format.

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