DateField Problem - Wrong SelectedDate regardless of the format

[yaser82]

Hello,

I'm using the DateField to allow the user select a particualr date. I'm setting the Format of the DateField to dd-m-yyyy. The selected date is displayed properly in the DateField box, but when getting the value of the selected date into, for example, a label as the following:

lblDate.Text = dtFrom.SelectedDate.Date.ToString();

the value is incorrect, for example, if the the selected date was 23-04-2009 the label text would be 1/23/2009, now regardless of the format, I didn't select the 1/23/2009 date, instead it was 23-04-2009. Thanks in advance

[Sreejith]

Am also Having the same problem.please help.

Regards.

[Vladimir]

Hi,

Please note that you must set .NET compatible date format.


dd-m-yyyy is mean for .NET


dd - *Represents the day of the month as a number from 01 through 31. A
single-digit day is formatted with a leading zero.


m -*Represents the minute as a number from 0 through 59. The minute represents whole
minutes that have passed since the last hour. A single-digit minute is formatted
without a leading zero. For more information about using a single format
specifier


yyyy -*Represents the year as a four-digit number. If the year has more than four
digits, only the four low-order digits appear in the result. If the year has
fewer than four digits, the number is padded with leading zeros to achieve four
digits.


I think you need use the following format


dd-MM-yyyy


Also it can be usefull to hardcore "-" date separator to avoid it's cahnge by .NET (it depend from current culture)
So, you can try


DateField1.Format = @"dd\-MM\-yyyy";


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<div dir="ltr">Dim date1 As Date = #1/2/2008 6:30:15AM#

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[yaser82]

Thanks vladimir, I tried your suggestion and now the date is saved correctly. Thanks again and you can mark this as solved.