Formatting a String

[Roshawn Dawson]

Hi,

I have a string that looks like this:

2005-06-01

I'd like to make this string look like this:

June 1, 2005

Any ideas, oh great ones?!

Thanks,
Roshawn

[Anand[MVP]]

RE: Formatting a String

You can use String.Format

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Anand
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"Roshawn Dawson" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have a string that looks like this:
>
> 2005-06-01
>
> I'd like to make this string look like this:
>
> June 1, 2005
>
> Any ideas, oh great ones?!
>
> Thanks,
> Roshawn
>[/color]

[Larry Lard]

Re: Formatting a String



Roshawn Dawson wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have a string that looks like this:
>
> 2005-06-01
>
> I'd like to make this string look like this:
>
> June 1, 2005[/color]

First make a Date(Time) of it using ParseExact, then use ToString with
a format specifier:

Dim Input As String = "2005-06-01"
Dim MyDate As Date = DateTime.ParseE xact(Input, "yyyy-MM-dd",
Nothing)
Dim Output As String = MyDate.ToString ("MMMM d, yyyy")

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Larry Lard
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[Roshawn Dawson]

Re: Formatting a String

Thanks guys and gals for your responses.

You've helped me a lot!!!

Thanks again,
Roshawn

[Roshawn Dawson]

Re: Formatting a String

It appears that I've run into a new problem. I'm now receiving strings
like this:

2005-06

Ok. I won't always know how the string is formatted when I receive it.
So how can I get the string to say June 2005 if I'm given either of
these strings:

2005-06-01

OR

2005-06

Thanks,
Roshawn