C# Get Month INT from Month String

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(MonthNameStr, "MMMM", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture ).Month

or you can do

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

You can use the DateTime.ParseExact Method with a custom format specifier consisting only of the the "MMMM" Custom Format Specifier:

int month = DateTime.ParseExact("April", "MMMM", new CultureInfo("en-US"))
                    .Month;