VB.net: Date without time

Question

How do you format the date time to just date?

For example, this is what I retrieved from the database: 12/31/2008 12:00:00 AM, but I just want to show the date and

Answer 1

I almost always use the standard formating ShortDateString, because I want the user to be in control of the actual output of the date.

Code

   Dim d As DateTime = Now
   Debug.WriteLine(d.ToLongDateString)
   Debug.WriteLine(d.ToShortDateString)
   Debug.WriteLine(d.ToString("d"))
   Debug.WriteLine(d.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"))

Results

Wednesday, December 10, 2008
12/10/2008
12/10/2008
2008-12-10

Note that these results will vary depending on the culture settings on your computer.