set default date format

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Hi,

I a working on VB.NET windows based application. I need to set default date format in my application.

Suppose date format in Operating System for Short date is "dd.MM.yyyy"

But i want "M/d/yyyy" format for my application. How do i convert to "M/d/yyyy" at run time.

Posted 26-Jul-12 0:13am

kals84

Updated 11-Feb-20 20:45pm

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Aarti Meswania · Answer 1 · 2012-07-26T01:24:00

Solution 4

you can change system's date format runtime using this code
(will change format in regional language settings)

VB

Imports System.Threading

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New CultureInfo("en-US", False)

Microsoft.Win32.Registry.SetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International", "sShortDate", "M/d/yyyy")

Happy Coding!
:)

Posted 26-Jul-12 1:24am

Aarti Meswania

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Member 11268628 17-Jul-20 13:03pm

Thank you very much for the solution. I've implemented it inside one of my projects

codeBegin · Answer 2 · 2012-07-26T00:16:00

Solution 1

Look for reference.
Formatting dates with VB.NET and ASP.NET[^]
.NET DateTime.ToString() - Default Format Setting[^]
Class DateFormat[^]
SET DATEFORMAT (Transact-SQL)[^]

Posted 26-Jul-12 0:16am

codeBegin

**AmitGajjar** · Answer 3 · 2012-07-26T00:29:00

Solution 2

Hi,

You can simply use below code,

C#

DateTime currentDate = DateTime.Now;
var dateResult = currentDate.ToString("M/d/yyyy");

Hope this will help you,

Thanks
-Amit Gajjar

Posted 26-Jul-12 0:29am

AmitGajjar

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kals84 26-Jul-12 6:43am

this code is not working :(

AmitGajjar 26-Jul-12 7:06am

can you post your code ? what error you have ?

abdussalam143 · Answer 4 · 2013-09-12T22:20:00

Solution 5

VB

Protected Sub Application_BeginRequest(sender As [Object], e As EventArgs)
	Dim newCulture As CultureInfo = DirectCast(System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Clone(), CultureInfo)
	newCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd-MMM-yyyy"
	newCulture.DateTimeFormat.DateSeparator = "-"
	Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = newCulture
End Sub

Posted 12-Sep-13 22:20pm

abdussalam143

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Member 12254178 7-Feb-16 11:00am

Hi, I am placing this code in code window. but its not affecting.
Actually I am following a date format like "dd/MM/yyyy" in my application using vb.net 2010 express. But system date formats has different for each system. So I need to set my date format globally for my application (Not to change system date settings. Only for my application). It should not influence with any system date format. Can you please explain the step procedure.
Thank you.

basurajkumbhar · Answer 5 · 2013-09-13T02:04:00

Solution 6

If you are using the DateTimePicker1 then you can set the DateTimePicker1 properties as Custom as like you "M/d/yyyy" and format is "Custom" it is simple method.

Posted 13-Sep-13 2:04am

basurajkumbhar