Question

Hi I am executing a stored procedure from the function below. On all the dates, I am getting time at the end 19:12:2012 00:00:00 in the datatable. The column is defined as Date in the database and return as Date in the SP. Why am I getting 00:00:00 at the end of the dates?

Thanks.

Sample code.

    Dim dt As New DataTable
    Dim da As New SqlDataAdapter
    Dim con As New SqlConnection(_conString)
    Dim SelectCommand As New SqlCommand()

        With SelectCommand                

            .Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter(_strAcademicYear, SqlDbType.Int))
            .Parameters(_strAcademicYear).Value = _AcademicYear

            .CommandText = "[Teacher].[GetDate]"
            .CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
            .Connection = con
        End With

        da.SelectCommand = SelectCommand
        con.Open()
        da.Fill(dt)
        con.Close()

Answer 1

Because in your datatable, it’s a DateTime. There is no CLR type for just date. The default time for a non-time-specified date is midnight – 00:00:00.

You can use column data formatting for your gridview, I’m assuming – haven’t worked with one in ages – to properly output the data you want to display.

Something like

<asp:boundfield datafield="date"
    dataformatstring="{0:YYYY-MM-DD}"
    htmlencode="false" />

and replace the format string with whatever you’d like it to look like, of course. =)

(Tag updated as per comment by chridam)