c# is there a easy way to convert month integer to name

Question

I am trying to create a archive list for a blog application. I have a veiw model which has this code snippet:

@model IEnumerable<NPLHBlog.Models.ArchiveListModels>
...
        @foreach (var item in Model)
        {
            <li>@item.ArchiveMonth/@item.ArchiveYear : @item.PostCount</li>
        }
...

I am trying to print the item.ArchiveMonth as 'Jan' instead of '1'.

the ArchiveListModel is as follows:

public class ArchiveListModels
{
    public int ArchiveYear { get; set; }
    public int ArchiveMonth { get; set; }
    public int PostCount { get; set; }
}

and blogs are read from repository as follows:

    public IQueryable<ArchiveListModels> ArchiveList()
    {
        var archiveList = from blogs in db.Blogs
                          group blogs by new { blogs.PublishDate.Year, blogs.PublishDate.Month }
                              into dateGroup
                              select new ArchiveListModels()
                              {
                                  ArchiveYear = dateGroup.Key.Year,
                                  ArchiveMonth = dateGroup.Key.Month,
                                  PostCount = dateGroup.Count()
                              };
        return archiveList;
    }

Many thanks.

possible duplicate of [Is there a predefined enumeration for Month in the .NET library?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/899565/is-there-a-predefined-enumeration-for-month-in-the-net-library) — DaveShaw, Jul 03 '12 at 21:42

burning_LEGION · Answer 1 · 2012-07-04T08:01:30.910

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CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(1);

or for abrev

CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.DateTimeFormat.AbbreviatedMonthNames[1];

edited Jul 04 '12 at 08:01

answered Jul 03 '12 at 21:41

burning_LEGION

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I don't think this returns the abbreviated name, but nice to know. – Chris Gessler Jul 03 '12 at 21:46
for take abbreviated name use 3 symbols – burning_LEGION Jul 03 '12 at 21:49
Thanks for some reason CultureInfo was not working before. I had researched that on stackoverflow. Anyhow it works now! – Tripping Jul 03 '12 at 22:03

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '12 at 21:49

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To get the full month name

int month = 1;
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(month);

Or you can use the datetime string format:

int month = 1;
var dt = new DateTime(2012, month, 1):
var monthAbbr = dt.ToString("MMM");

Or you can do a lookup against the abbreviations list

int month = 1;
var monthAbbr =     System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.DateTimeFormat.AbbreviatedMonthNames[month];

answered Jul 03 '12 at 21:49

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I had to use [month-1] for the 3rd option to give me correct abbreviated month. – Tripping Jul 03 '12 at 22:04

Chris Gessler · Answer 3 · 2012-07-03T21:50:20.520

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I believe you want:

.ToString("MMM");

You can even create your own DateTime object for a specific month:

DateTime jan = new DateTime(2012, 1, 1);
return jan.Date.ToString("MMM");

edited Jul 03 '12 at 21:50

answered Jul 03 '12 at 21:43

Chris Gessler

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 26 '17 at 04:26

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If you want to use ViewBags for the datas from your database you can also use that format easly. Just keep in mind.

@foreach (var item in ViewBag.HealthCare)
{
    @item.Created_Date.ToString("MMMM yyyy")

}

edited Sep 26 '17 at 04:26

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answered Sep 26 '17 at 01:26

Emre

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c# is there a easy way to convert month integer to name

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