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Need to convert integer to month name (English and French) in VB.Net

Posted on 2012-12-30

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Hi,

I need to convert a month integer into a month name, for both French and English, in VB.Net.

I would prefer to use some type of included Globalization parameters (such as CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("fr-FR")) to do the conversion, rather than doing a "select case" and just listing all the month names in every language - since I may add a 3rd language soon to my site and want to keep my code clean.

For instance to format dates, I am currently using:

FrenchDate = mydatetime.ToString("dddd, 'le ' d MMMM yyyy, ' à ' h'h'mm", CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("fr-FR"))

... but I cannot seem to find an equivalent I can use for an integer.

My integers are not preceeded by zeros (ie: they are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12) and I would like the full month name (ie: January or Janvier)

Thanks, Peter

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by:käµfm³d 👽

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ID: 387317092012-12-30

Just create a new DateTime instance that has the appropriate month set.

e.g.

mydatetime = New DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, 1, DateTime.Now.Day)
mydatetime = New DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, 3, DateTime.Now.Day)
mydatetime = New DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, 5, DateTime.Now.Day)

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by:Mike Tomlinson

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ID: 387318092012-12-30

Full example...using kaufmed's idea:

        Dim French As New Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR")
        Dim English As New Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US")

        For m As Integer = 1 To 12
            Dim dt As New DateTime(DateTime.Today.Year, m, 1)
            Debug.Print("English: " & dt.ToString("MMMM", English))
            Debug.Print("French: " & dt.ToString("MMMM", French))
        Next

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by:pbissegger

ID: 387324562012-12-31

It works ! Here is my final solution:

Function Monthonly(monthnumber as Integer) as String
        
        Dim French As New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR")
        Dim English As New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US")
        
        Dim dt As New DateTime(DateTime.Today.Year, monthnumber, 1)

        If Session("lang") = "english" Then
            Monthonly = dt.ToString("MMMM", English)
        else
            Monthonly = dt.ToString("MMMM", French)
        End If

End Function

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