trimming date

[vinod allapu]

Hi all

I have a string like this "2/6/1986" which is a date..Remember that it is a date actually..so day size and month size are variant..It is not always single digit or single character...
I want "1986","6", "2" individually...

Can anybody provide trimming code to do this ..

Thankful to you all,

[gits]

where do you need that? at the clientside you could use javascript like in the following example to achieve it:

[CODE=javascript]// your value
var val = '2/6/1986';

// just split it at the slashes
// to get an array with the separated
// values
var d = val.split('/');

// in case you want it reverse orderd
var d = val.split('/').reverse();
[/CODE]
or do you need a serverside solution? in this case you could have a look here

kind regards

[Frinavale]

Well it's pretty easy server side too.
You can refer to the properties of the Date Object....
The following will return today's month, day, and year in individual variables:

Dim month As Integer = Now.Month
Dim day As Integer = Now.Day
Dim year As Integer = Now.Year

[vinod allapu]

Hi boss,
You did not get my actual problem.
I am getting that date from the database and filling in data table.
That data table is stored in session variable.
In the redirected page in page_load i need to trim date,month and year and I need to use like this
ddlDay.Value = trimmed day
ddlMonth.Value = trimmed Month
ddlYear.Value = trimmed Year

Now help me in trimming the date string(code in C#) .Remember that it is a date actually..so day size and month size are variant..It is not always single digit or single character...
Thanking you boss.

[gits]

do you mean that you just want to know how to make a 2 from '02' ... just cast that string '02' to an integer ... that should be pretty easy?

kind regards

[Frinavale]

I did miss read. You said that it's a String containing a date...not a Date Object.

Well you could use the String.Split() method...splitt ing on the '/' character. The Split() method will return an array of Strings. Just like Gits recommended (only you'd use C# instead of JavaScript).

Or you could use the DateTime.Parse( ) method to parse the string into a DateTime Object and then you will be able to grab the components like I had suggested earlier.

Or you could use Regular Expressions to retrieve the components.


There are many ways to solve this problem.

Give one of them a try and let us know if you're having problems.

-Frinny