Date conversion problem.(visual basic 2022)

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The default date setting of my system is "MM/dd/yyyy" .I want to convert this in the textbox through my program to "dd/MM/yyyy" for this i have written this code which is giving error where month is greater than 12 .Plz help

What I have tried:

Dt.Mask = "00/00/0000"
Dim dtt As Date
dtt = Format(Now().ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"))

Dt.Text = dtt

Posted 13-Dec-23 5:43am

Vishal Virmani India

Updated 18-Dec-23 3:22am

Andre Oosthuizen

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Richard Deeming 13-Dec-23 11:50am

1) Why are you trying to Format(...) a String?

2) What is the exact error message?

3) Why are you trying to override the user's preference, rather than write code which works with the current regional settings?

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2023-12-30T06:25:00

Date format in my OS is: "yyyy-MM-dd" :)

And i'm using CultureInfo[^] to use different regional settings.
See:

VB.NET

Dim ci As System.Globalization.CultureInfo = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-Us")

Dim dt As DateTime  = DateTime.Now()
Dim df As String = dt.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy", ci)

Console.WriteLine($"Date in custom format: '{df}'")

'displays: 
'Date in custom format: '30/12/2023'

More about standard/custom date formats:
Standard date and time format strings - .NET | Microsoft Learn[^]
Custom date and time format strings - .NET | Microsoft Learn[^]