How do you display the system date and time

[David Stark]

I want to display the date and time in the long date format
as a form load event. Do I need to link it to a label or a text box?

Public Class Form1
    'Form load event display date and time
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim dtmSystemDate As Date = Now 'declare variable for Date
        Dim strNow As String = Now().ToString("D")
    End Sub
 

Thanks
ds

[danp129]

This belongs in Visual Basic.Net forum.

Which control to use is up to you. I would use a label probably if the user cannot change the date.

If you go with a label called Label1 then you set it as follows:

Label1.Text=Now().ToString("D")