/++
    Array of the long names of each month.
  +/
private immutable string[12] longMonthNames = [
    "January",
    "February",
    "March",
    "April",
    "May",
    "June",
    "July",
    "August",
    "September",
    "October",
    "November",
    "December"
];

/++
    Array of the short (three letter) names of each month.
  +/
private immutable string[12] shortMonthNames = [
    "Jan",
    "Feb",
    "Mar",
    "Apr",
    "May",
    "Jun",
    "Jul",
    "Aug",
    "Sep",
    "Oct",
    "Nov",
    "Dec"
];

string monthToString(Month month, bool useLongName = true)
{
    if (month < Month.jan || month > Month.dec)
    {
        throw new DateTimeException("Invalid month: " ~ to!string(month));
    }

    if(useLongName == true)
    {
        return longMonthNames[month - Month.jan];
    }
    else
    {
        return shortMonthNames[month - Month.jan];
    }
}

string evenSimplerString(DateTime dt)
{
    return xformat("%02d %s %04d", dt.day(), monthToString(dt.month(), true), dt.year());
}