asp.net mvc 3 - c# is there a easy way to convert month integer to name -

i trying create archive list blog application. have veiw model has code snippet:

@model ienumerable<nplhblog.models.archivelistmodels> ...         @foreach (var item in model)         {             <li>@item.archivemonth/@item.archiveyear : @item.postcount</li>         } ... 

i trying print item.archivemonth 'jan' instead of '1'.

the archivelistmodel follows:

public class archivelistmodels {     public int archiveyear { get; set; }     public int archivemonth { get; set; }     public int postcount { get; set; } } 

and blogs read repository follows:

    public iqueryable<archivelistmodels> archivelist()     {         var archivelist = blogs in db.blogs                           group blogs new { blogs.publishdate.year, blogs.publishdate.month }                               dategroup                               select new archivelistmodels()                               {                                   archiveyear = dategroup.key.year,                                   archivemonth = dategroup.key.month,                                   postcount = dategroup.count()                               };         return archivelist;     } 

many thanks.

to full month name

int month = 1; system.globalization.cultureinfo.currentuiculture.datetimeformat.getmonthname(month); 

or can use datetime string format:

int month = 1; var dt = new datetime(2012, month, 1): var monthabbr = dt.tostring("mmm"); 

or can lookup against abbreviations list

int month = 1; var monthabbr =     system.globalization.cultureinfo.currentuiculture.datetimeformat.abbreviatedmonthnames[month];