Getting a Month Name Using Month Number in C#
Given a number N (1<= N <=12), the task is to get a month name from a month number in C#.
Examples:
Input: N = 2 Output: February Input: N = 5 Output: May
Method 1: Using DateTime.ToString() Method: This method can be used to get the both full and abbreviated name of the month.
Step 1: Get the Number N.
Step 2: Create an object of DateTime using the DateTime Struct.
DateTime date = new DateTime(year, month, day);;Step 3: Converts the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent string representation.
// to get the Abbreviated month name string month_name = date.ToString("MMM"); // to get the full month name string month_name = date.ToString("MMMM");Step 4: This string contains the name of the month.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C#
// C# program to Get a Month Name // from a Month Number using System; public class GFG{ // function to get the abbreviated month name static string getAbbreviatedName( int month) { DateTime date = new DateTime(2020, month, 1); return date.ToString( "MMM" ); } // function to get the full month name static string getFullName( int month) { DateTime date = new DateTime(2020, month, 1); return date.ToString( "MMMM" ); } static public void Main () { int N = 3; Console.WriteLine( "Full Month Name : " + getFullName(N)); N = 7; Console.WriteLine( "Abbreviated Month : " + getAbbreviatedName(N)); } } |
Output:
Full Month Name : March Abbreviated Month : Jul
Method 2: Using GetMonthName() Method: This method is used to get the full name of the month.
Step 1: Get the Number N.
Step 2: Create an object of CultureInfo and then get the month name using DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName() method.
// to get the full month name string monthName = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture. DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(month);
Step 3: This string contains the name of the month.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C#
// C# program to Get a Month Name // from a Month Number using System; using System.Globalization; public class GFG{ // function to get the full month name static string getFullName( int month) { return CultureInfo.CurrentCulture. DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName (month); } static public void Main () { int N = 3; Console.WriteLine( "Full Month Name : " + getFullName(N)); N = 7; Console.WriteLine( "Full Month Month : " + getFullName(N)); } } |
Output:
Full Month Name : March Full Month Month : July
Method 3: Using GetAbbreviatedMonthName() Method: This method is used to get the Abbreviated name of the month.
Step 1: Get the Number N.
Step 2: Create an object of CultureInfo and then get the month name using DateTimeFormat.GetAbbreviatedMonthName() method.
// to get the Abbreviated month name string monthName = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture. DateTimeFormat.GetAbbreviatedMonthName(month);
Step 3: This string contains the name of the month.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C#
// C# program to Get a Month Name // from a Month Number using System; using System.Globalization; public class GFG{ // function to get the Abbreviated month name static string getAbbreviatedName( int month) { return CultureInfo.CurrentCulture. DateTimeFormat.GetAbbreviatedMonthName (month); } static public void Main () { int N = 3; Console.WriteLine( "Abbreviated Month Name : " + getAbbreviatedName(N)); N = 7; Console.WriteLine( "Abbreviated Month Month : " + getAbbreviatedName(N)); } } |
Output:
Abbreviated Month Name : Mar Abbreviated Month Month : Jul