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txtFrom.Text = "1/8"
txtFrom.Text = Format(txtFrom.Text, "dd/MM/yyyy")
This code produces DD/MM/YYYY in the text box.
What should I do to produce 01/08/13?
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2Without year in input which year you expect in output?Sriram Sakthivel– Sriram Sakthivel2013-09-29 19:39:03 +00:00Commented Sep 29, 2013 at 19:39
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4 Answers
Parse the date. Reformat the date.
Dim d As Date = Date.ParseExact(txtFrom.Text, "d/M", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
txtFrom.Text = d.ToString("dd/MM/yy")
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Joel Coehoorn
Won't this create a date with a 0 (epoch-based) for the year value? So, January 8, 0001 A.D.? I expect he'll need another piece to put the current or prior year in there.
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@JoelCoehoorn: I tested it a little while afterwards, and apparently not.
The format function with "dd/MM/yyyy" will format a date object, not a string. You can convert the string from the textbox to a date using CDate:
txtFrom.Text = Format(CDate(txtFrom.Text), "dd/MM/yyyy")
You might want to use IsDate or a Try-Catch block in case txtFrom.Text is an invalid date.
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What should I do to produce 01/08/13?
dd/MM/yy
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Dim sFormat As System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo = New System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo()
sFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd/MM/yyyy"
txtFrom.Text = Format(Convert.ToDateTime(txtFrom.Text+Now.Year.ToString(), sFormat), "dd/MM/yyyy")