DateAndTime.DateString Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Source:: DateAndTime.vb

Source:: DateAndTime.vb

Source:: DateAndTime.vb

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Returns or sets a string value representing the current date according to your system.

public:
 static property System::String ^ DateString { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public static string DateString { get; [System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("windows")] set; }

public static string DateString { get; set; }

[<set: System.Runtime.Versioning.SupportedOSPlatform("windows")>]
static member DateString : string with get, set

static member DateString : string with get, set

Public Property DateString As String

Property Value

String

Returns or sets a string value representing the current date according to your system.

Attributes: SupportedOSPlatformAttribute

Exceptions

InvalidCastException

Invalid format used to set the value of DateString.

Examples

The following example uses the DateString property to display the current system date.

MsgBox("The current date is " & DateString)

Remarks

DateString returns the system date in the MM-dd-yyyy format, which uses the abbreviated month name. The accepted formats for the date are M-d-yyyy, M-d-y, M/d/yyyy, and M/d/y. This is true for all system locales except those that use a double-byte character set (DBCS). If the system locale uses a double-byte character set, DateString returns the system date in the yyyy-MM-dd format. The system locale is set by using the Clock, Language, and Region item in Control Panel.

Note The DateString property returns the system date only in the yyyy-MM-dd format for the zh (Chinese simplified), ko (Korean), and ja (Japanese) system locales if you are running Visual Basic within Silverlight.

To get or set the current system time as a String, use the TimeString property.

To get the current system date or time in the format of your locale, or in a custom format, supply the Now property to the Format function, specifying either a predefined or user-defined date/time format. The following example demonstrates this.

MsgBox("The formatted date is " & Format(Now, "dddd, d MMM yyyy"))

To access the current system date as a Date, use the Today property.

Important

Setting the system date or time requires unmanaged code permission, which might affect its execution in partial-trust situations. For more information, see SecurityPermission and Code Access Permissions.

Applies to