DateAndTime.DateString Property

DateString returns the system date in the MM-dd-yyyy format, which uses the abbreviated month name. The accepted formats for the date are M-d-yyyy, M-d-y, M/d/yyyy, and M/d/y. This is true for all system locales except those that use a double-byte character set (DBCS). If the system locale uses a double-byte character set, DateString returns the system date in the yyyy-MM-dd format. The system locale is set by using the Clock, Language, and Region item in Control Panel.

Note   The DateString property returns the system date only in the yyyy-MM-dd format for the zh (Chinese simplified), ko (Korean), and ja (Japanese) system locales if you are running Visual Basic within Silverlight.

To get or set the current system time as a String, use the TimeString property.

To get the current system date or time in the format of your locale, or in a custom format, supply the Now property to the Format function, specifying either a predefined or user-defined date/time format. The following example demonstrates this.

MsgBox("The formatted date is " & Format(Now, "dddd, d MMM yyyy"))

To access the current system date as a Date, use the Today property.

Security Note
Setting the system date or time requires unmanaged code permission, which might affect its execution in partial-trust situations. For more information, see SecurityPermission and Code Access Permissions.

The following example uses the DateString property to display the current system date.

MsgBox("The current date is " & DateString)

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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