A while ago I found a clever way to retrieve a dynamic culture specific list of months names in C# with LINQ.

   1:  var months = Enumerable.Range(1, 12)

   2:      .Select(i => new

   3:      {

   4:          Month = i.ToString(),

   5:          MonthName = new DateTime(1, i, 1).ToString("MMMM")

   6:      })

   7:      .ToList();

It’s fairly simple, for a range of numbers from 1 to 12 a DateTime object is created (year and day doesn’t matter in this case), then the date time object formatted to a full month name with ToString(“MMMM”). In this example an anonymous object is created with a Month and MonthName property.

You can use this solution to populate your dropdown list with months or to display a user friendly month name.