Format() doesn't seem to work

[Sorwen]

Format() or String.Format() doesn't seem to format any thing.

Example:

If curString = "12122006"
Format(curString, "M/d/yyyy") would return M/d/yyyy
String.Format(curString, "M/d/yyyy") would return 12122006

Basically Format returns whatever is in quotes for the style and String.Format returns whatever is in the string you were trying to format. WTF?

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[Sorwen]

That one I'm not worried about. They are entering the date off a printout. So if they are actually stupid enough to type the date in something else then paste it in there they deserve to get an error and I'll smack them. I'll check out that .TryParse. Never seen/hear of it before.

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[bigtimmin]

Your String.Format command seems to be missing the place holder, try this.

String.Format("{0:M/d/yyyy}", curString)

You could also use the DateTimePicker control, which will not allow the user to insert an invalid date -or- you could use the DateTime class to attempt to parse the string to a valid date

Dim dt as DateTime
Try
     dt = DateTime.Parse(curString)
     curString = String.Format("{0:M/d/yyyy}", dt.Tostring)
Catch ex as Exception
     MessageBox.Show(String.Format("'{0}' is not a valid date", curString))
End Try

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