Imports System
Public Class MonthNameFromDate_VB_NET
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim monthName As String = New DateTime(2013, 2, 27).ToString("MMMM")
Console.WriteLine(monthName)
monthName = New DateTime(2013, 2, 27).ToString("MMM")
Console.WriteLine(monthName)
End Sub
End Class
' run:
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' February
' Feb
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