Question

I am trying to truncate the seconds part from the current Date

  Dim nowTime As DateTime = Now.ToShortTimeString

The above code shows time in the format

hh:mm:ss

I want it in the format

hh:mm

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The Date Time Picker shows date like this

5/ 1/2011

(There is a space before 5 and before 1)

 Dim nowTime As DateTime = Now.ToShortTimeString

The above code shows Date like this

5/1/2011

(There is no space before 5 or 1)

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I am trying to compare the current Date and time with the Date and Time in the database.

In the database I have saved the Date and Time as string.

Answer 1

you need to apply a correct FormatString with DateTime.ToString() like

dateValue.ToString("hh:mm")

and for the date:

Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")

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