Convert a DateTime to String representing the date

Question

How can I convert a DateTime to a String?

For instance, I want to convert a DateTime representing:

11/30/2012

to

November Thirtieth Two Thousand Twelve

why not use a Dictionary(intValue, yourStringRepresentation) ? — Freeman, Nov 30 '12 at 19:16
i also never encountered a free lunch ever, altough it would be nice :) — Freeman, Nov 30 '12 at 19:18
yeah, I know that will work. but I'm asking this since I think this (convertin numbers to strs) might be pupolar and there might be some ready code out there, even in .Net itself — Juan Carlos, Nov 30 '12 at 19:18
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zdtaw1bw.aspx (although the `Two Thousands Twelve` might have to be handled custom by you. (especially the plurality of "Thousands") — Chris Sinclair, Nov 30 '12 at 19:18
Not exactly a free lunch, but here are free sandwich fixings. Help yourself! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3213/convert-integers-to-written-numbers — Jon B, Nov 30 '12 at 19:19

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '12 at 19:19

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answered Nov 30 '12 at 19:19

povilasp

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '12 at 19:18

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No luck here, but a partial relief:

String.Format("{0:dddd, MMMM d, yyyy}", dt); // "Sunday, March 9, 2008" Source

The Day and Year string you will have to do the long way. Day-of-Week and Month are available.

answered Nov 30 '12 at 19:18

Ray K

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