Convert Month number to a string of the Month name
Posted: 12/9/2004 10:53:29 PMBy: Comfortably Anonymous
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In case you need to convert an integer from 1 to 12 to a string containing the corresponding month, use this function. Pass it an int from 1 to 12...
(I haven't added any sanity-checking code - If you pass it anything outside that range, it will return a null string rather than throwing an exception. If you need that, just add a "Case Default" line at the bottom of the function...)
Private Function MonthToString(ByVal month As Integer) As String
Select Case month
Case 1
Return "January"
Case 2
Return "February"
Case 3
Return "March"
Case 4
Return "April"
Case 5
Return "May"
Case 6
Return "June"
Case 7
Return "July"
Case 8
Return "August"
Case 9
Return "September"
Case 10
Return "October"
Case 11
Return "November"
Case 12
Return "December"
End Select
End Function
(I haven't added any sanity-checking code - If you pass it anything outside that range, it will return a null string rather than throwing an exception. If you need that, just add a "Case Default" line at the bottom of the function...)
Private Function MonthToString(ByVal month As Integer) As String
Select Case month
Case 1
Return "January"
Case 2
Return "February"
Case 3
Return "March"
Case 4
Return "April"
Case 5
Return "May"
Case 6
Return "June"
Case 7
Return "July"
Case 8
Return "August"
Case 9
Return "September"
Case 10
Return "October"
Case 11
Return "November"
Case 12
Return "December"
End Select
End Function
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RE: Convert Month number to a string of the Month
Posted: 12/10/2004 3:16:19 PMBy: Comfortably Anonymous
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OK, that was pretty stupid of me. Just found out that there is a built-in VB.Net function called MonthName() that does the exact same thing and even supports abbreviations... Duh...
Returns a String value containing the name of the specified month.
Public Function MonthName( _
ByVal Month As Integer, _
Optional ByVal Abbreviate As Boolean = False _
) As String
Parameters:
- Month
Required. Integer. The numeric designation of the month, from 1 through 13; 1 indicates January and 12 indicates December. You can use the value 13 with a 13-month calendar. If your system is using a 12-month calendar and Month is 13, MonthName returns an empty string.
- Abbreviate
Optional. Boolean value that indicates if the month name is to be abbreviated. If omitted, the default is False, which means the month name is not abbreviated.
Returns a String value containing the name of the specified month.
Public Function MonthName( _
ByVal Month As Integer, _
Optional ByVal Abbreviate As Boolean = False _
) As String
Parameters:
- Month
Required. Integer. The numeric designation of the month, from 1 through 13; 1 indicates January and 12 indicates December. You can use the value 13 with a 13-month calendar. If your system is using a 12-month calendar and Month is 13, MonthName returns an empty string.
- Abbreviate
Optional. Boolean value that indicates if the month name is to be abbreviated. If omitted, the default is False, which means the month name is not abbreviated.
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