How to get complete month name from DateTime

Question

What is the proper way to get the complete name of month of a DateTime object?
e.g. January, December.

I am currently usi

Answer 1

DateTime birthDate = new DateTime(1981, 8, 9);
Console.WriteLine ("I was born on the {0}. of {1}, {2}.", birthDate.Day, birthDate.ToString("MMMM"), birthDate.Year);

/* The above code will say:
"I was born on the 9. of august, 1981."

"dd" converts to the day (01 thru 31).
"ffffd" converts to 3-letter name of day (e.g. mon).
"ffffdd" converts to full name of day (e.g. monday).
"MMM" converts to 3-letter name of month (e.g. aug).
"MMMM" converts to full name of month (e.g. august).
"yyyy" converts to year.
*/

Answer 2

Use the "MMMM" custom format specifier:

DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM");

Answer 3

It's

DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM");

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