Question Inserting "/" using String.Format method

[tats]

Hi all,

I've been doing a conversion from VB6 to VB.Net and i used the conversion wizard.

stringVal = "200402"

In VB6 code

Format$(stringVal, "@@@@/@@/@@")

after conversion wizard in
VB.Net it is written

VB6.Format(stringVal, "@@@@/@@/@@")

it uses VB6 compatibility dll.

my question is how do i implement it in .Net so i would not used VB6 compatibility dll
the output will be 20/04/02

Thanks

 

[IanRyder]

Hi,

Give this example a try:-

Dim stringVal As String = "200402"
Dim myDate As Date = Date.ParseExact(stringVal, "ddMMyy", Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
 
MsgBox(myDate.ToString("dd/MM/yy"))

In this example, we convert your string into a valid date using the ParseExact method of the Date type and then output this in any format that we need.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,

Ian

 

[tats]

Hi IanRyder

It works as what i have expected.

Thanks