How to get the month name in C#?

Question

How does one go about finding the month name in C#? I don't want to write a huge switch statement or if statement on the month int. In VB.Net you can use MonthName(), but what about C#?

Possible duplicate of [Best way to turn an integer into a month name in c#?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/218908/best-way-to-turn-an-integer-into-a-month-name-in-c) — bluish, Apr 29 '16 at 09:17
Does this answer your question? [Get Month name from month number](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3184121/get-month-name-from-month-number) — StayOnTarget, Jul 08 '21 at 14:02

CodeLikeBeaker · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-26T22:37:24.017

You can use the CultureInfo to get the month name. You can even get the short month name as well as other fun things.

I would suggestion you put these into extension methods, which will allow you to write less code later. However you can implement however you like.

Here is an example of how to do it using extension methods:

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {

        Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToMonthName());
        Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToShortMonthName());
        Console.Read();
    }
}

static class DateTimeExtensions
{
    public static string ToMonthName(this DateTime dateTime)
    {
        return CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(dateTime.Month);
    }

    public static string ToShortMonthName(this DateTime dateTime)
    {
        return CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetAbbreviatedMonthName(dateTime.Month);
    }
}

Hope this helps!

Might I add that there is an `InvariantInfo` property that can be used as well. And, in my opinion, the following is a more simple/readable format for doing this: `DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo.GetAbbreviatedMonthName(...)` or `DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.GetAbbreviatedMonthName(...)` — bsara, Feb 04 '13 at 23:57

score 132 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '09 at 13:20

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Use the "MMMM" format specifier:

string month = dateTime.ToString("MMMM");

answered Jun 10 '09 at 13:20

Jon Skeet

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assuming you have a date. if not: `var month = new DateTime(1,i,1).ToString("MMMM");` – Myster Jul 11 '11 at 04:21

George Stocker · Answer 3 · 2009-06-10T14:03:53.363

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string CurrentMonth = String.Format("{0:MMMM}", DateTime.Now)

edited Jun 10 '09 at 14:03

answered Jun 10 '09 at 13:21

George Stocker

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You don't need the ToString(). – Richard Anthony Hein Jun 10 '09 at 13:23
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Or String.Format, actually. Just DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM") is simpler. – Jon Skeet Jun 10 '09 at 13:32
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I would have suggested that as well, but you already had that as another answer. Gortok's method also demonstrates the use of placeholders to do the formatting, so I think it's a good alternative example. – Richard Anthony Hein Jun 10 '09 at 19:20

score 9 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 31 '15 at 15:52

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Supposing your date is today. Hope this helps you.

DateTime dt = DateTime.Today;

string thisMonth= dt.ToString("MMMM");

Console.WriteLine(thisMonth);

edited Jan 31 '15 at 15:52

lennon310

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answered Jan 31 '15 at 15:27

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score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 10 '09 at 13:23

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If you just want to use MonthName then reference Microsoft.VisualBasic and it's in Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime

//eg. Get January
String monthName = Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime.MonthName(1);

answered Jun 10 '09 at 13:23

RobV

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score -19 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 27 '15 at 02:21

    private string MonthName(int m)
    {
        string res;
        switch (m)
        {
            case 1:
                res="Ene";
                break;
            case 2:
                res = "Feb";
                break;
            case 3:
                res = "Mar";
                break;
            case 4:
                res = "Abr";
                break;
            case 5:
                res = "May";
                break;
            case 6:
                res = "Jun";
                break;
            case 7:
                res = "Jul";
                break;
            case 8:
                res = "Ago";
                break;
            case 9:
                res = "Sep";
                break;
            case 10:
                res = "Oct";
                break;
            case 11:
                res = "Nov";
                break;
            case 12:
                res = "Dic";
                break;
            default:
                res = "Nulo";
                break;
        }
        return res;
    }

This does not answer the question of the OP, because they said: "I really do **not** want to write a huge switch statement [...]" (emphasis mine). Please read questions in detail before writing an answer. — honk, Sep 27 '15 at 09:36

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