How to list all month names, e.g. for a combo?

Question

At the moment I\'m creating a DateTime for each month and formatting it to only include the month.
Is there another or any better way to do this?

Answer 1

How to create a custom list of month names in any order

Yes, I'm answering a question from over 10 years ago! :D

Yet, I wanted to add this code snippet on the chance it might help others. It shows how to output a list of month names in any custom order. In my case I needed it to start in October, but you could put the months in any sequence (even have repeating months) by setting the list of integers.

model.Controls = new
{
    FiscalMonths = new
    {
        Value = DateTime.Now.Month,
        Options = (new List { 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }).Select(p => new
        {
            Value = p,
            Text = DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.GetMonthName(p)
        })
    }
};

And the json output for use in a dropdown:

  "FiscalMonths": {
   "Value": 10,
   "Options": [
    {
     "Value": 10,
     "Text": "October"
    },
    {
     "Value": 11,
     "Text": "November"
    },
    {
     "Value": 12,
     "Text": "December"
    },
    {
     "Value": 1,
     "Text": "January"
    },
    {
     "Value": 2,
     "Text": "February"
    },
    etc ....