DateTime.Month. This VB.NET Property returns a value between and 0 and 11 inclusive, and it indicates the month represented in the DateTime structure. For January, we get the value 0.
Meanwhile, for displaying names of months, we can use the ToString Function on a DateTime instance with the "MMM" or "MMMM" format codes. In this way we handle months in VB.NET programs.
Example. DateTime is a Structure, and it has many useful properties and methods upon it. The Month is a Property—we access it without using parentheses. We can read it, but not write to it.
Part 2 We loop over all possible months, by repeatedly calling AddMonths in a loop. We print the short month strings.
Part 3 For the full month string, we must specify the format string as "MMMM." A lot of "Ms" are necessary here.
Module Module1
Sub Main()
' Part 1: After getting Now, access the Month integer and the 3-letter month string.
Dim now As DateTime = DateTime.Now
Console.WriteLine(now.Month)
Console.WriteLine(now.ToString("MMM"))
' Part 2: Loop over all possible months.
now = DateTime.Now
For i = 0 To 11
Console.Write("{0} ", now.ToString("MMM"))
now = now.AddMonths(1)
Next
Console.WriteLine()
' Part 3: Full month format has 4 uppercase M chars.
now = DateTime.Now
For i = 0 To 11
Console.Write("{0} ", now.ToString("MMMM"))
now = now.AddMonths(1)
Next
Console.WriteLine()
End Sub
End Module7
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Summary. With the Month property, as well the ToString Function with "MMM" and "MMMM", we handle months. Not only this, but AddMonths() can be used to modify months.
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