DateTimeOffset format: MM
using System; using System.Globalization; public class Test { public static void Main() { DateTimeOffset theTime = new DateTimeOffset(2008, 9, 7, 11, 25, 0, DateTimeOffset.Now.Offset); Console.WriteLine("The month component of {0} is {1}.",theTime, theTime.ToString("MM")); } } //The month component of 9/7/2008 11:25:00 AM -08:00 is 09.