Convert Date Format

Vb.Net & Visual Basic

Now say that you have a date in the form of 7/17/2008 and you need to convert or change it to a format like 17-Jul-2008 in either visual basic or vb.net. There is actually a very easy way of doing it and the keyword is "format".

One way of changing your date's format would be as simple as:
Debug.Print (Format (Date, "dd-MMM-yyy:))

I have prepared you a little sample code to explain just one can use the format code. You can copy and paste the following code into your form.

Public Class Form1
Dim Date1 As Date = #7/17/2008#
Dim NewDate1 As String
Public WithEvents txtOld As New TextBox
Public WithEvents txtNew As New TextBox

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Me.Text = "Convert Date Format"
Me.Controls.Add(txtOld) : txtOld.Top = 0 : txtOld.Width = 120
Me.Controls.Add(txtNew) : txtNew.Top = 0 + txtOld.Height : txtNew.Width = 120
txtOld.Text = "M/d/yyy"
txtNew.Text = (Format(Date1, "M/d/yyy"))
Debug.Print(Date1)
Debug.Print(Format(Date1, "dd-MMM-yyy"))

End Sub

Private Sub txtOld_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles txtOld.TextChanged
txtNew.Text = Format(Date1, txtOld.Text)
End Sub
End Class

The end result should look something like the following image:

Use the top text box to type in different formats for your date and the bottom one will display the results. You can try out some different formats like:

d-M-yy = 17-7-08
dd MMM yyy = 17 Jul 2008
dddd d MMMM yyy = Thursday 17 July 2008

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