Enter todays date into a masked text box

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How do yo enter today's date or any date into a masked text box?

My default is ADate.Mask = "##/##/####"

Posted 25-Jul-13 4:33am

Central_IT

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ExcelledProducts CEO · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-25T04:38:00

Solution 1

You need to enter it in mask format.

Examples:

VB

MaskedTextBox1.Text = "00/00/0000"

VB

MaskedTextBox1.Text = "01/06/1998"

VB

MaskedTextBox1.Text = "10/15/2013"

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Edit:
To put the system date into the masked text box use this code

VB

Dim formated_date = My.Computer.Clock.GmtTime.ToShortDateString
If formated_date.Split("/")(0).Length = 1 Then
   formated_date = "0" & formated_date.ToString
End If

If formated_date.Split("/")(1).Length = 1 Then
formated_date = formated_date.Replace("/" & My.Computer.Clock.GmtTime.Day & "/", "/0" & My.Computer.Clock.GmtTime.Day & "/")
End If

MaskedTextBox1.Text = formated_date

Posted 25-Jul-13 4:38am

ExcelledProducts CEO

Updated 25-Jul-13 4:53am

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Central_IT 25-Jul-13 10:41am

Depending on the system date will be input.

Central_IT 25-Jul-13 10:43am

Depending on the system date will be input automatically

[no name] 25-Jul-13 10:48am

k updated my answer

[no name] 25-Jul-13 10:53am

updated answer again because you will also run into problems if the date is 7/7/2013 so it will make that date 07/07/2013

Central_IT 25-Jul-13 10:56am

Thanks for this code, this will help.

[no name] 25-Jul-13 10:58am

no problem :)

Jameel VM · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-25T04:40:00

Solution 2

Try this

C#

maskedTextBox1.Text = string.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", DateTime.Now);

Hope this helps

Posted 25-Jul-13 4:40am

Jameel VM

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Central_IT 25-Jul-13 10:56am

Thanks for this code as well, this will help.