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Changing date format
hoehn_sj
post 1 Jul, 2008 - 08:25 AM
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I'm new at this but I'm trying to display a date picked by the datetimepicker in a text box, but I want to change the format to long dates, all caps, and trim it down to just MMM DD YYYY. Here's what I have so far

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TextBox1.Text = DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(7).ToLongDateString.ToUpper



This gives me everything I need except that the day of the week is also displayed.
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jayman9
post 1 Jul, 2008 - 08:48 AM
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Try using the ShortDateString instead.

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DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(7).ToShortDateString.ToUpper
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post 1 Jul, 2008 - 09:14 AM
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Try using the ShortDateString instead.

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DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(7).ToShortDateString.ToUpper




the shortdatestring returns dates in numeric value like mm/dd/yy. I'm still stumped!
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post 1 Jul, 2008 - 09:34 AM
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It would be helpful, in the future, if you include an example of what you want, in addition to the format.

Is this what you are looking for?
JAN 01 2008
or this
01 01 2008
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post 1 Jul, 2008 - 09:44 AM
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DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(7).ToShortDateString.ToUpper


Try this.
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TextBox1.Text = Format(DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(7).tostring, "MMM dd yyyy")
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post 1 Jul, 2008 - 10:50 AM
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QUOTE(jayman9 @ 1 Jul, 2008 - 09:34 AM) *

It would be helpful, in the future, if you include an example of what you want, in addition to the format.

Is this what you are looking for?
JAN 01 2008
or this
01 01 2008



Jayman - sorry about no example and the confusion. I'm looking to have it look like:

MAY 22 2008

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post 1 Jul, 2008 - 11:21 AM
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DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(7).ToShortDateString.ToUpper


Try this.
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TextBox1.Text = Format(DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(7).tostring, "MMM dd yyyy")




I tried the code you suggested but the return always is "MMM DD YYYY". I think that this is my fault due to not giving a good example of what I need. I need the date to be displayed like: MAY 22 2008.

Thanks for your help!
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The error was mine blush.gif , remove the .ToString portion.

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TextBox1.Text = Format(DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(7), "MMM dd yyyy")


or use the extended method
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TextBox1.Text = DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(7).ToString("MMM dd yyyy")


This post has been edited by AdamSpeight2008: 1 Jul, 2008 - 02:14 PM
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