Increment by month in DateTime c# code example

Example 1: c# find start and end of month from object date

DateTime date = ...
var firstDayOfMonth = new DateTime(date.Year, date.Month, 1);
var lastDayOfMonth = firstDayOfMonth.AddMonths(1).AddDays(-1);

Example 2: find month number from date C#

string name = DateTime.ParseExact("01/21/2014", "MM/dd/yyyy", null).ToString("MMMM"); //January