How to retrieve month name in VB2005?

I'm trying to use this code but it generates an error:

Dim thisDate1 As Date

Dim thisMonth1 As String

thisDate1 = DateString

thisMonth1 = month(thisDate1)

It generates an Error: value of type 'date' cannot be converted to 'integer'

I use similar code retreive current year and it works:

Dim thisDate As Date

Dim thisYear As Integer

thisDate = DateString

thisYear = Year(thisDate)

I want to retrieve current month name and assign it to string variable. How can I do that

Ramanakumar
Month function doesn't return the name of the month, it's return the number of the month from a full date (eg, 16/06/2006).
RoGamer
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cc212760

Dim a As String = Date.Now.ToLongDateString.Substring(Date.Now.ToLongDateString.IndexOf(" ") + 1)

a = a.Substring(0, a.IndexOf(" "))

Will return the name
Jose Carlos T. Santos Junior

Using a Custom DateTime Format Strings try:

thisMonth1 = thisDate1.ToString("MMMM")
brian185
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How to retrieve month name in VB2005?