How to convert Date to int

[Terry Jolly]

New to C# ---- How do I convert a Date to int?

In VB6:

Dim lDate as long

lDate = CLng(Date)
In C#

int lDate;

Then what?
Thanks In Advance.

[Jeff]

Try Convert.ToInt32 (DateTime)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...t.toint32.aspx

Jeff

Terry Jolly wrote:

New to C# ---- How do I convert a Date to int?

In VB6:

Dim lDate as long

lDate = CLng(Date)
In C#

int lDate;

Then what?
Thanks In Advance.

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

It should be noted that you are going to lose the time information when
you do this (and there is no way to prevent that, either).

--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

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Try Convert.ToInt32 (DateTime)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...t.toint32.aspx

Jeff

Terry Jolly wrote:

New to C# ---- How do I convert a Date to int?

In VB6:

Dim lDate as long

lDate = CLng(Date)
In C#

int lDate;

Then what?
Thanks In Advance.

[Terry Jolly]

I get an error on compling: "Cannot implicitly convert type
'System.DateTim e' to 'int' " ----- Any other ideas?

"Jeff" <ju******@jeff. net> wrote in message
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Try Convert.ToInt32 (DateTime)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...t.toint32.aspx

Jeff

Terry Jolly wrote:

New to C# ---- How do I convert a Date to int?

In VB6:

Dim lDate as long

lDate = CLng(Date)
In C#

int lDate;

Then what?
Thanks In Advance.

[Jeff]

It would help if you paste a snippet of your code

Terry Jolly wrote:

I get an error on compling: "Cannot implicitly convert type
'System.DateTim e' to 'int' " ----- Any other ideas?

"Jeff" <ju******@jeff. net> wrote in message
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Try Convert.ToInt32 (DateTime)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...t.toint32.aspx

Jeff

Terry Jolly wrote:

New to C# ---- How do I convert a Date to int?

In VB6:

Dim lDate as long

lDate = CLng(Date)
In C#

int lDate;

Then what?
Thanks In Advance.

[Bjorn Abelli]

"Terry Jolly" wrote...

New to C# ---- How do I convert a Date to int?

In VB6:

Dim lDate as long

lDate = CLng(Date)
In C#

int lDate;

Then what?

Well, AFAIR, a Date in VB6 was internally represented by a double, where the
fractional part represented the time of day.

In .NET a DateTime isn't the same thing, and you won't get the same integer
value.

Here a DateTime has "ticks" which is a long, representing the number of
100-nanoseconds since the epoch (which date now that was).

So, the question is rather what you want it for, and how you're going to use
it?

If it simply is to store away it as an integer value, or vice versa, you can
use the ticks, e.g.:

DateTime d = new DateTime(632820 056780400000);

long ticks = d.Ticks;

Note that it's not an int, it's a long.

// Bjorn A

[Terry Jolly]

private void button1_Click(o bject sender, EventArgs e)

{

int lDate;

lDate = Convert.ToInt32 (System.DateTim e.Now);

textBox1.Text = lDate.ToString( );

}

"Jeff" <ju******@jeff. net> wrote in message
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It would help if you paste a snippet of your code

Terry Jolly wrote:

I get an error on compling: "Cannot implicitly convert type
'System.DateTim e' to 'int' " ----- Any other ideas?

"Jeff" <ju******@jeff. net> wrote in message
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Try Convert.ToInt32 (DateTime)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...t.toint32.aspx

Jeff

Terry Jolly wrote:
New to C# ---- How do I convert a Date to int?

In VB6:

Dim lDate as long

lDate = CLng(Date)
In C#

int lDate;

Then what?
Thanks In Advance.

[Terry Jolly]

The database i'm writing too stores dates as int32 --05/04/2006 would equal
38841. Just like MS Excel would display the a date if formated as a number
with zero decimal places.
"Jeff" <ju******@jeff. net> wrote in message
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It would help if you paste a snippet of your code

Terry Jolly wrote:

I get an error on compling: "Cannot implicitly convert type
'System.DateTim e' to 'int' " ----- Any other ideas?

"Jeff" <ju******@jeff. net> wrote in message
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Try Convert.ToInt32 (DateTime)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...t.toint32.aspx

Jeff

Terry Jolly wrote:
New to C# ---- How do I convert a Date to int?

In VB6:

Dim lDate as long

lDate = CLng(Date)
In C#

int lDate;

Then what?
Thanks In Advance.

[Paul Cheetham]

Terry,

Try:
long lDate;

lDate = (long)System.Da teTime.Now;

(OR lDate = Convert.ToInt64 (System.DateTim e.Now) )
You need a 64-bit variable in order to fit the DateTime into it.
Paul Cheetham

Terry Jolly wrote:

private void button1_Click(o bject sender, EventArgs e)

{

int lDate;

lDate = Convert.ToInt32 (System.DateTim e.Now);

textBox1.Text = lDate.ToString( );

}

"Jeff" <ju******@jeff. net> wrote in message
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It would help if you paste a snippet of your code

Terry Jolly wrote:

I get an error on compling: "Cannot implicitly convert type
'System.DateTim e' to 'int' " ----- Any other ideas?

"Jeff" <ju******@jeff. net> wrote in message
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Try Convert.ToInt32 (DateTime)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...t.toint32.aspx

Jeff

Terry Jolly wrote:
> New to C# ---- How do I convert a Date to int?
>
> In VB6:
>
> Dim lDate as long
>
> lDate = CLng(Date)
>
>
> In C#
>
> int lDate;
>
> Then what?
>
>
> Thanks In Advance.

[Bjorn Abelli]

"Terry Jolly" wrote...

private void button1_Click(o bject sender, EventArgs e)
{

int lDate;

lDate = Convert.ToInt32 (System.DateTim e.Now);

textBox1.Text = lDate.ToString( );

}

That won't work. This will:

private void button1_Click(o bject sender, EventArgs e)
{
long lDate = System.DateTime .Now.Ticks;
textBox1.Text = lDate.ToString( );
}
But you still haven't explained what you need an integral value of the Date
for. That snippet doesn't make any sense...

// Bjorn A