How can I convert "Nov" to "November" for any month?

[NiesonF]

I could do a long switch but I want a more dynamic way to do it.
I would like to convert “jan” to “january”
“feb” “february” etc.

[Yoichi]

Hi,

How about the following expression?

DateTime.ParseExact(yourString,"MMM",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString("MMMM")

Regards,

[ppr (Peter Preuss)]

One of many options:

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.DateTimeFormat.MonthNames.First(Function (x) x.ToUpper.startsWith(YourVar.ToUpper))