Simple Conversion from String to Date

[Phillip Vong]

VS2005 in VB.NET

I have 2 simple textboxes (Textbox1, Textbox2) and they both have dates.

Textbox1=12/31/2006
Textbox2=12/15/2006

I need to convert these two textboxes that are in String format into Date
format and I'm not sure how. I tried this and I thought it would work, but
I get the
Conversion from string "TextBox1" to type 'Date' is not valid.
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Dim FromDate, ToDate As Date

FromDate = CType("TextBox1", Date)

ToDate = CType("Textbox2", Date)



Thanks and any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[GJH]

it should be this:
FromDate = CType(TextBox1.Text, Date)

 

[Brennan Stehling]

GJH,

To make it work without ever allowing an exception I do the
following...

Dim tmpDate as DateTime = DateTime.MinValue

If (Not DateTime.TryParse(TextBox1.Text, tmpDate)) Then
' the date is not valid and the tmp value is still MinValue
Else
' the date was parsed and tmpDate has the value
End If

By doing this you can place anything into the TextBox and it will not
cause an exception.

Brennan Stehling
http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/

 

[OHM]

Or use the IsDate(MyDateString) function.

 

[Phillip Vong]

Thanks everyone!!!

Or use the IsDate(MyDateString) function.