I need to get the month number from a date using String.Format. But it doesn't seem to work correctly.

string.Format("{0:M}", entity.OrderPeriodDate)

Comes back with "June 15" and not 6 as many posts say.

string.Format("{0:MM}", entity.OrderPeriodDate)

Comes back with "06".

I need to get it without the leading zero. "M" is supposed to do that.

How can I get this correctly?

Thanks,

Tom

The 'M' is being interpreted as a standard (not custom) date format specifier.

The specifications state:

The "M" custom format specifier represents the month as a number from 1 through 12 (or from 1 through 13 for calendars that have 13 months). A single-digit month is formatted without a leading zero.

If the "M" format specifier is used without other custom format specifiers, it is interpreted as the "M" standard date and time format specifier.


To use any of the custom date and time format specifiers as the only specifier in a format string (that is, to use the "d", "f", "F", "g", "h", "H", "K", "m", "M", "s", "t", "y", "z", ":", or "/" custom format specifier by itself), include a space before or after the specifier, or include a percent ("%") format specifier before the single custom date and time specifier.

i give it a try :

DateTime date;
int month = date.Month;
month.toString();

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@elconomeno,

You're on the right path. If he just needs the month, then String.format() is over kill. You can collapse your solution down further.


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