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John A Grandy
what's the preferred method in vb.net to convert a String to a Date .... ?
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Scott M.
Preferred, I don't know.
CType(string, date)
CType(string, date)
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Eduardo A. Morcillo [MS MVP]
CType(string, date)
datevar = CDate(string) is shorter. You can also use Date.Parse or Date.ParseExact which can be used to parse a string in a specific format.
datevar = CDate(string) is shorter. You can also use Date.Parse or Date.ParseExact which can be used to parse a string in a specific format.
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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
* "John A Grandy said:what's the preferred method in vb.net to convert a String to a Date .... ?
'DateTime.ParseExact'/'DateTime.Parse'.
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Cor
I prefer datevar = CDate(string)
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Cor
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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
* "Cor said:I prefer datevar = CDate(string)
;-) -- I hate that...
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Scott M.
CDate is a holdover from VB 6.0. Many developers like to steer clear of
these functions because they cause more overhead than if the .NET equivalent
class is used.
datevar = CDate(string) is shorter. You can also use Date.Parse or
Date.ParseExact which can be used to parse a string in a specific format.
these functions because they cause more overhead than if the .NET equivalent
class is used.
Eduardo A. Morcillo said:CType(string, date)
datevar = CDate(string) is shorter. You can also use Date.Parse or
Date.ParseExact which can be used to parse a string in a specific format.