Time data type in sql and visual basic

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Hi guys and thanks to those folks who have answered my questions before, you are a great help :)

Anyway here's my Q for today:

So I have a database table with a time(7) field and I am using visual basic 2010 express to interface with the DB.

when I use this code :

VB

Time_StampTextBox.Text = Date.Now.TimeOfDay.ToString

I get this result

HTML

08:18:01.8205871

, the trailing 7 digits are not wanted

I tried using this code:

VB

Dim Arg1 = Date.Now.ToShortTimeString
        Time_StampTextBox.Text = Arg1

and I get 8:18 AM which is perfect, but the DB.table wont accept it into the table
and I dont get an error message, ??

also tried this

VB

Format(Arg1, "h:m:s")

but all i got was "h:m:s"

is it to do with the number 7 in the field definition ??, or somthing else?

thanks guys :)

Posted 15-Sep-12 10:29am

It is what it is

Updated 15-Sep-12 10:49am

Kenneth Haugland

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[no name] 15-Sep-12 16:35pm

And so? What is your question?

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Kenneth Haugland · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-15T10:53:00

You should consider storing the date in a separate variable:

VB

Dim ToDay as new DateTime
ToDay = DateTime.Now
textBox1.Text = ToDay.ToString("HH:mm:ss")

See microsoft documentation:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime.today.aspx[^]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zdtaw1bw.aspx[^]

And to store the date you simply use ToDay. If you want to change the time you should consider using a DateTime picker:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229631.aspx[^]