To display month like 08.

[danyeungw]

I wanted to get the month display as 08. Here is my code. I got "Arguments out of range exception" error on the second line. What was wrong?


Me.TextBoxDateIn.Text = DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString.ToString()

Me.TextBoxDateOut.Text = ("0" & CDate(Me.TextBoxDateIn.Text).Month.ToString).Substring(2, 2)


Actually, I need to have date like '08/24/2006' and 'August 24, 2006'. What is the best way?

Thanks.
DanYeung

 

[gmacek]

Hi

You can use the String.Format method to format a date, like so:

Me.TextBoxDateOut.Text = string.Format("Todays date is: {0:MM\/dd\/yyyy}", now)

'this will show "08/24/2006"

use String.Format("{0:MMMM\/dd\/yyyy}", now)
"this will display "August/24/2006"

Have fun

G.

 

[danyeungw]

It works only the month. It showed 08/DD/YYYY and Auguster/DD/YYYY. Are they back slash and forward slash \/ ?

Thanks.
DanYeung

 

[gmacek]

Yes, this are a backslash "\" followed by a slash "/".

the slash is not allowed in the string.format method, so you need the backslash as an escape.

String.Format("{0:MM\/dd\/yyyy}", Now)

however, if you want to use a different separator, e.g. a "," you can use

String.Format("{0:MM,dd,yyyy}", Now)

try it

G.

 

[jmcilhinney]

This is VB. The ONLY character that needs escaping in strings is the double quote. If you want today's date in the formats you specified use either of:

MessageBox.Show(Date.Today.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"))
MessageBox.Show(Date.Today.ToString("MMMM d, yyyy"))

MessageBox.Show(String.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", Date.Today))
MessageBox.Show(String.Format("{0:MMMM d, yyyy}", Date.Today))

Obviously the first option is cleaner, but String.Format is useful if you want to insert the date string into a bigger string, particularly if you have other formatted values to insert as well.

 

[danyeungw]

Date.Today.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") works. Thanks.

DanYeung