DateTimeFormatInfo.GetMonthName(Int32) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Globalization

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

DateTimeFormatInfo.cs

Returns the culture-specific full name of the specified month based on the culture associated with the current DateTimeFormatInfo object.

public:
 System::String ^ GetMonthName(int month);

public string GetMonthName (int month);

member this.GetMonthName : int -> string

Public Function GetMonthName (month As Integer) As String

Parameters

month

Int32

An integer from 1 through 13 representing the name of the month to retrieve.

Returns

String

The culture-specific full name of the month represented by month.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

month is less than 1 or greater than 13.

Remarks

For the default invariant DateTimeFormatInfo object, this method returns a string from the GregorianCalendar object.

month	Return Value
1	"January"
2	"February"
3	"March"
4	"April"
5	"May"
6	"June"
7	"July"
8	"August"
9	"September"
10	"October"
11	"November"
12	"December"
13	""

Calendar objects can accommodate calendars with 13 months. For 12-month calendars, the empty string is always returned as the name of the 13th month.

See also

• Calendar
• CultureInfo
• GregorianCalendar
• MonthNames