Question

Why always get the wrong formatting although I’ve set it?

I think the code is right but does not get the right result.

I have:

Private Now_Date As String = Date.Parse(DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"))

For today, it should return: 12/05/2012, right? But I always get: 12/5/2012. This is also for: 09/05/2012, and I will get: 9/5/2012. How I can do that? Thanks.

Answer 1

Try

Private Now_Date As String = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"))

You were turning it from a DateTime, to a String, back to DateTime, then back to String.

You should also get into the habit of using Option Explicit On and Option Strict On in your code. It would have told you that you were trying to save a DateTime as a String, which would have given you a clue. Your code would have produced the error:

Option Strict On disallows implicit conversions from ‘Date’ to ‘String’.