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Function To Return Month Integer From Month Name
// Takes in the month name as a string and returns the number of the month
public int MonthToInt(string monthName)
{
int monthNum = 0;
switch (monthName)
{
case "January":
case "Jan":
case "Jan.":
monthNum = 1;
break;
case "February":
case "Feb":
case "Feb.":
monthNum = 2;
break;
case "March":
case "Mar":
case "Mar.":
monthNum = 3;
break;
case "April":
case "Apr":
case "Apr.":
monthNum = 4;
break;
case "May":
monthNum = 5;
break;
case "June":
case "Jun":
case "Jun.":
monthNum = 6;
break;
case "July":
case "Jul":
case "Jul.":
monthNum = 7;
break;
case "August":
case "Aug":
case "Aug.":
monthNum = 8;
break;
case "September":
case "Sep":
case "Sep.":
monthNum = 9;
break;
case "October":
case "Oct":
case "Oct.":
monthNum = 10;
break;
case "November":
case "Nov":
case "Nov.":
monthNum = 11;
break;
case "December":
case "Dec":
case "Dec.":
monthNum = 12;
break;
default:
break;
}
return monthNum;
}
Comments
Snippets Manager replied on Thu, 2009/04/23 - 3:41pm
public int MonthToInt(string monthName) { int monthNum = 0; string month = monthName.ToUpper(); if (month.StartsWith("JA")) { monthNum = 1; } if (month.StartsWith("F")) { monthNum = 2; } if (month.StartsWith("MAR")) { monthNum = 3; } if (month.StartsWith("AP")) { monthNum = 4; } if (month.StartsWith("MAY")) { monthNum = 5; } if (month.StartsWith("JUN")) { monthNum = 6; } if (month.StartsWith("JUL")) { monthNum = 7; } if (month.StartsWith("AU")) { monthNum = 8; } if (month.StartsWith("S")) { monthNum = 9; } if (month.StartsWith("O")) { monthNum = 10; } if (month.StartsWith("N")) { monthNum = 11; } if (month.StartsWith("D")) { monthNum = 12; } return monthNum; }