Question

I have a DateTime object I want to compare against an sql datetime field in a where clause. I’m currently using:

"where (convert( dateTime, '" & datetimeVariable.ToString & "',103) <= DatetimeField)"

But I believe datetimeVariable.ToString will return a different value depending on the culture where the system is running.

How would you handle this so it is culture independent?

EDIT : I won’t be using paramatised sql in this code…

EDIT : following Parmesan’s comment to one of the answers looks like the best method may be:

"where (convert( dateTime, '" & datetimeVariable.ToString( "s" ) & "',126) <= DatetimeField)"

Answer 1

If you want ToString() to always come out regardless of culture then specify a specific culture:

    Dim D = DateTime.Now.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
    '-or-
    Dim D = DateTime.Now.ToString(New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-us"))