GetMonthName Method

DateTimeFormatInfo.GetMonthName Method

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

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

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public Function GetMonthName ( _
	month As Integer _
) As String

Parameters

month
Type: System.Int32
An integer from 1 through 13 representing the name of the month to retrieve.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The culture-specific full name of the month represented by month.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

month is less than 1 or greater than 13.

For the default invariant DateTimeFormatInfo, this method returns a string from the GregorianCalendar, as shown in the following table.

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.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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