Odd date.tostring problem

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Hi,

I need to write todays date incremented by one month as part of a string for
a licence but i'm getting odd results as the tostring function is extracting
the middle data section of the datetime variable:

Dim dTrialExpiryDat e As DateTime = DateTime.Now.Ad dMonths(1)

This give the value 13/07/2008 13:52:05

I now want to change this value to 07/13/2008

sTrialExpiryStr ing = dTrialExpiryDat e.ToString("mm/dd/yyyy")

but the string contains 52/13/2008 i.e. it takes the 2008 13:52 from the
middle section of the datetime variable???

Any ideas
Thanks

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RE: Odd date.tostring problem

I thought i'd fixed it but no

I changed the declaration to

Dim dTrialExpiryDat e As Date = Date.Now.AddMon ths(1)

This gives 13/07/2008 14:02:46 (i expected 13/07/2008) and the tostring call
gives 02/13/2008

Now i'm really confused...

"MartinTeef y" wrote:

Hi,
>
I need to write todays date incremented by one month as part of a string for
a licence but i'm getting odd results as the tostring function is extracting
the middle data section of the datetime variable:
>
Dim dTrialExpiryDat e As DateTime = DateTime.Now.Ad dMonths(1)
>
This give the value 13/07/2008 13:52:05
>
I now want to change this value to 07/13/2008
>
sTrialExpiryStr ing = dTrialExpiryDat e.ToString("mm/dd/yyyy")
>
but the string contains 52/13/2008 i.e. it takes the 2008 13:52 from the
middle section of the datetime variable???
>
Any ideas
Thanks
>

[Chris Dunaway]

Re: Odd date.tostring problem

On Jun 13, 8:01 am, MartinTeefy
<MartinTe...@di scussions.micro soft.comwrote:

sTrialExpiryStr ing = dTrialExpiryDat e.ToString("mm/dd/yyyy")

>

but the string contains 52/13/2008 i.e. it takes the 2008 13:52 from the
middle section of the datetime variable???

>

Your format string is incorrect. You are using ToString("mm/dd/yyyy")
when you should be using ToString("MM/dd/yyyy"). Lower case mm gives
you minutes, while upper case MM gives you the month.

Chris

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Re: Odd date.tostring problem

MartinTeefy wrote:

Hi,
>
I need to write todays date incremented by one month as part of a string for
a licence but i'm getting odd results as the tostring function is extracting
the middle data section of the datetime variable:
>
Dim dTrialExpiryDat e As DateTime = DateTime.Now.Ad dMonths(1)
>
This give the value 13/07/2008 13:52:05
>
I now want to change this value to 07/13/2008
>
sTrialExpiryStr ing = dTrialExpiryDat e.ToString("mm/dd/yyyy")
>
but the string contains 52/13/2008 i.e. it takes the 2008 13:52 from the
middle section of the datetime variable???
>
Any ideas
Thanks
>

That's not odd at all. The "mm" part of the format string doesn't stand
for months, it stands for minutes.

Use "MM/dd/yyyy".

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Göran Andersson
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[Cor Ligthert[MVP]]

Re: Odd date.tostring problem

Hi Martin,

Some people gives us always a smile, but don't bother, I think we all have
gone once in this trap.

:-)

Cor

"MartinTeef y" <MartinTeefy@di scussions.micro soft.comschreef in bericht
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Hi,
>
I need to write todays date incremented by one month as part of a string
for
a licence but i'm getting odd results as the tostring function is
extracting
the middle data section of the datetime variable:
>
Dim dTrialExpiryDat e As DateTime = DateTime.Now.Ad dMonths(1)
>
This give the value 13/07/2008 13:52:05
>
I now want to change this value to 07/13/2008
>
sTrialExpiryStr ing = dTrialExpiryDat e.ToString("mm/dd/yyyy")
>
but the string contains 52/13/2008 i.e. it takes the 2008 13:52 from the
middle section of the datetime variable???
>
Any ideas
Thanks
>

[Steve Gerrard]

Re: Odd date.tostring problem

Cor Ligthert[MVP] wrote:

Hi Martin,
>
Some people gives us always a smile, but don't bother, I think we all
have gone once in this trap.
>
:-)
>
Cor
>

Just once? :)