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Date/DateTime Type cannot be NEW()'ed with Date/DateTime instance

Quirks of Framework 2.0

Date/DateTime Type cannot be NEW()'ed with Date/DateTime instance

by  Qik3Coder  Posted    (Edited  )
Instead of:
Code: 
[color blue]Dim[/color] myDate [color blue]As New[/color] Date(Now())
[color green]'or[/color]
[color blue]Dim[/color] myDateTime [color blue]As New[/color] DateTime(Now())
You must write:
Code: 
[color blue]Dim[/color] myDate [color blue]As New[/color] Date()
myDate = Now()
[color green]'or[/color]
[color blue]Dim[/color] myDateTime [color blue]As New[/color] DateTime()
myDateTime = Now()

[color green]'OR[/color]

[color blue]Dim[/color] myDate [color blue]As Date[/color] = Now()
[color green]'or[/color]
[color blue]Dim[/color] myDateTime [color blue]As DateTime[/color] = Now()

Keep in mind this example may seem a little irrelevant, but it's a quirk of the system, you cannot create a new Date/DateTime instance with an instance of Date/DateTime.

Now you will probably say, "Well there are 11 different New constructors for the Date/Datetime Types. There must be one that you can use."

The problem lies in that only one of the constructors takes a base type (of Long), and the Date/DateTime types do not have a .ToLong property. All the other Constructors take date parts.

Thanks,

Qik3Coder
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