Question

I have this code

    Dim conex As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(conxst)
    Dim caixa As Integer = ComboBox1.SelectedItem
    Dim verdat As Date = DateTimePicker1.Text
    Dim verdat1 As Date = "05/07/2012"
    conex.Open()
    Dim ds As New DataSet
    Dim dt As New DataTable
    ds.Tables.Add(dt)
    Dim da As New SqlDataAdapter("select codigo,data,horario from alteraca where data = '" & verdat1 & "' ", conex)
    da.Fill(dt)

this code work when verdat1 is in the format “mm/dd/yyyy” , how i convert the date from mine datetimepicker (dd/mm/yyyy) to the format “mm/dd/yyyy” to place in the statment??? Thanks.

Answer 1

With

verdat1.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")

You can select how the date is converted to a string.

Also, you can set the dateTimePicker Custom Format as you wish :

dateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom
dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy"