how to turn a month (8/8/2009) into "8 August" with asp.net mvc

Question

How do you turn a field from the database, say, (8/8/2009) into 8 August?

Answer 1

var date = new DateTime(2009, 8, 8)
    .ToString("d MMMM", CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-EN"));