Question

I am pulling a date value from my database:

        Dim qfresho = From p In dbConfig.Configs _
                     Where p.Description = "FROD" _
                    Select p.dateValue
        Dim qfreshc = From p In dbConfig.Configs _
                      Where p.Description = "FRCD" _
                      Select p.dateValue

Then comparing these date values to the current date:

        If qfresho.First.Value >= Date.Now And qfreshc.First.Value <= Date.Now Then
        lblFreshman.Text = "Freshmen are currently eligible to register for a room."
    Else
        Dim frdays As TimeSpan
        frdays = (qfresho.First.Value).Subtract(Now)
        lblFreshman.Text = "Registration will open for freshmen in " & frdays.Days & " days."
    End If

But for some reason its always returning the Else condition – even though the values in the database should make the query true. Any ideas? I’m guessing for some reason its not pulling the results as a date?

Answer 1

Date.Now returns a DateTime, so does your database have dates and times or just dates? If you just want the date, you can use Date.Today.