VB.NET/MS ACCESS Saving today's date produces 2020-02-25 08:28:00.946341400 - Visual Basic Discussion Boards

ZurdoDev wrote:
A lot of developers seem to have a superior view of themselves and C#, likely because of the word "Basic"

Most devs' don't seem to understand that C# is a VB, just with different keywords. It is a runtime, like VB, compiles to a p-code, and has a memory manager.

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ZurdoDev wrote:
A lot of developers seem to have a superior view of themselves and C#, likely because of the word "Basic" in VB

Yes, this arrogance (based upon a false premise) is something that annoys me too.

Like you I built a lot of very valid business applications in VB6 then VB.net

In the early days of the .net era I found the lack of VB.net examples and support extremely frustrating and changed to c#, the wealth of c# code out there is just incredible and was well worth the minimal pain of changing to c#. There is no better reason to change (except possibly the lack of support for VB in Code).

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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
I found the lack of VB.net examples and support extremely frustrating and changed to c#, the wealth of c# code out there is just incredible and was well worth the minimal pain of changing to c#. There is no better reason to change

Yup, I could see how it was going to go with VB.Net and changed to C# for the same sort of reasons.

When I save the attendance date from a datetimepicker as a date prior to today's date it records acceptable format but not what I really want. When I select today's date it records a date like this 2020-02-25 08:28:00.946341400.

The secondary issue is what I eluded to above. I set the custom format in the form_load to "MM, dd, yyyy" and when I select a date prior to today's date it records the date like this 2020-01-29 08:34:25.

Here is the Save Button code

Dim inserted As Integer = 0
       For Each row As DataGridViewRow In dgvAttend.Rows
           Dim isSelected As Boolean = Convert.ToBoolean(row.Cells("chkbox").Value)
           If isSelected Then
               Access.AddParam("@DTE", dtPick5.Value)
               Access.AddParam("@SID", row.Cells("StudentID").Value)
               Access.AddParam("@LN", row.Cells("LastName").Value)
               Access.AddParam("@FN", row.Cells("FirstName").Value)

               Access.ExecQuery("INSERT INTO Attend (TrainDate,StudentID,LastName,FirstName) " &
                        "VALUES (@DTE,@SID,@LN,@FN); ")

               inserted = inserted + 1
           End If
       Next

       If inserted > 0 Then
           MessageBox.Show(String.Format("{0} records inserted.", inserted), "ACJTracker", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
       End If

Here is the form load

dtPick5.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom
        dtPick5.CustomFormat = "MM, dd, yyyy"
        RefreshAttendGrid()

Here is the refresh Grid

dtPick5.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom
       dtPick5.CustomFormat = "MM, dd, yyyy"

       ' RUN QUERY
       Access.ExecQuery("SELECT StudentData.StudentID, StudentData.LastName, StudentData.FirstName FROM StudentData ORDER BY StudentID ASC")

       ' REPORT & ABORT ON ERRORS
       If NoErrors(True) = False Then Exit Sub

       dgvAttend.DataSource = Access.DBDT

Does anyone know how I correct these issues?

The issue is how you are displaying the saved value. Setting a date format on a DatePicker just changes the display. The actual value will be stored as a DateTime value, so when you print or display it in the future you will need to set the required format.

It is actually saving it to the table in these formats. How can I get the app to save it in the correct format in the access table?

Also, what causes the ..946341400?

No, it is saving it as a Date/DateTime value as shown in your code. As I said, the format only applies when you display it.

Thanks for the answer. I figured it out once I stopped over thinking it. dtPick5.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy" did the trick for both issues.

You should never store dates as strings, use Date or DateTime values, and only apply formatting when it is displayed. For example the date 01/02/03 could be 1st February 2003, 2nd January 2003, or even 3rd February 2001, depending on where you live.

If dtPick5.Value.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy" isn't the correct way then can you post an example of how to properly do it?

At the risk of repeating myself again and again: use the Value. That way the date can be formatted for display into any culture.

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Member 11866893 wrote:
Heaven forbid you repeat yourself or provide a code example....

The explanation is spot on, but to expand with code;

VB

dim someDateString as String = dtPick5.Value.ToString(..

This creates a text, with the date formatted in some culture.

VB

dim someDate as DateTime = dtPick5.Value

Here the value is taken as is, without formatting. It is stored as a decimal value, with "days" in the integer part from a given offset, and the decimal part representing time. It is a format-independant version, and that's how it should be stored. Internally, your application should use DateTime values, and only formatting them as strings when displaying.

Saving the value in DateTime type is important; if you use a localized and formatted version tht is actually a string, the computer will have to convert that to a real DateTime for each operation.

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Ah yes, the lazy person's fallback position when you don't get someone else to do your work: abuse.

It's the VB forum; it looks like a frustrated coder. Don't take it as a personal insult.

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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Don't take it as a personal insult.

I don't; my shoulders are broad enough. But I do take exception to people being abusive on this site.

Richard MacCutchan wrote:
But I do take exception to people being abusive on this site.

Good for me I never did that Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

It is one of umpteen coders frustrated at how dates don't work like they imagine. Not something unique nor new.

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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

The trouble with some of these people is that they will not accept advice. So no matter how much you try to help them they insist on doing it their way, without understanding the potential problems that can come back to bite them.

Richard MacCutchan wrote:
But I do take exception to people being abusive on this site.

Why is that, Thou sodden-witted lord?

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Weird since examples seem to work with a single comma.
You could try to escape extra characters (i.e., commas):

VB

dtPick5.CustomFormat = "MM',' dd',' yyyy"

or keep using a more common form.

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