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KJ
I cannot seem to get this to work.

Format("mm/dd/yyyy", Date.Today.ToShortDateString)

It comes out as 11/9/2004

I want 11/09/2004

Thanks
Nov 18 '05 #1
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Format(Now, "MM/dd/yyyy")


"KJ" <kl******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I cannot seem to get this to work.

Format("mm/dd/yyyy", Date.Today.ToShortDateString)

It comes out as 11/9/2004

I want 11/09/2004

Thanks

Nov 18 '05 #2
Try Date.Today.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy") (need caps on the MM)

Also, check out the discussion of the various options under "Standard
DateTime Format Strings".

hth,

Bill

"KJ" wrote:
I cannot seem to get this to work.

Format("mm/dd/yyyy", Date.Today.ToShortDateString)

It comes out as 11/9/2004

I want 11/09/2004

Thanks

Nov 18 '05 #3
ToShortDateString is a culture dependent method, if you want a specific
format then use a format string instead of the method.

"KJ" wrote:
I cannot seem to get this to work.

Format("mm/dd/yyyy", Date.Today.ToShortDateString)

It comes out as 11/9/2004

I want 11/09/2004

Thanks

Nov 18 '05 #4

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