Description
Date & Time is a built in datatype of VB.Net. Sometimes a developer needs to display date and time for some applications. At that time date and time data type in VB.Net was very useful. Programmer can develop an application which is exactly matched with the real time watch and calendar by using VB.Net. The programmer can display only Date, only Time and also the combination of the both date and time. There is a class called DateAndTime Class which is used to do all the operations related to date and time. To do such operations, DateAndTime Class contains several Methods and Properties.
Properties
The following table shows you the Properties of the Date and Time.
| Properties | Description |
|---|---|
| Day | Used to Get Day of the Month |
| Hour | Used to Get Hour of the Date |
| Year | Used to Get Year of the Date |
| Today | Used to Get Current Date |
| Secound | Used to Get Second of the Date |
| Mounth | Used to Get Month of the Date |
| Now | Used to Get Date and Time object Sets the Time and Date |
| Date | Used to Get Date of this Instance |
| Minute | Used to Get Minute of the Date |
| DayOfWeek | Used to Gets DayofWeek |
| DayOf Year | Used to Get DayofYear |
Methods
The following table shows you the Methods of the Date and Time.
| Methods | Description |
|---|---|
| Add (Value As TimeSpan) As DateTime | Used to Add the Specified TimeSpan to Current DateTime |
| AddHours (Value) As DateTime | Used to Add the Specified Number of Hours to Current DateTime |
| AddMonths (Month) As DateTime | Used to Add the Specified Number of Month to Current DateTime |
| AddYears (Value) As DateTime | Used to Add the Specified Number of Years to Current DateTime |
| AddDays (Value) As DateTime | Used to Add the Specified Number of Days to Current DateTime |
| AddMintues (Value) As DateTime | Used to Add the Specified Number of Minutes to Current DateTime |
| AddSecounds (Value) As DateTime | Used to Add the Specified Number of Seconds to Current DateTime |
| Compare (t1,t2 As Date Time) As Integer | Used to Compare DateTime and Returns DateTime |
| Equals (Value) As DateTime | Used to Check Whether the two DataTimes are equal or not |
| CompareTo (Value) As DateTime | Used to Compare Specified DateTime Values and Returns as Integer |
Example
The following example code shows you "How to display the current date and time".
[vbnet]
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Console.Write("Current Time: ")
Console.WriteLine(Now.ToString()) 'Displays current time
Dim dt As Date = Today 'Today is the properties which is used to get today's date
Console.WriteLine("Current Date is: {0}", dt) 'Disaplys current date
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
End Module
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Output:
Examples
The following example code shows you different methods of date and time.
[vbnet]
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim customdate As Date = #8/12/2015 10:00:52 AM#
Dim currenttime As Date = Date.Now
Dim systemdate As Date = Date.UtcNow
Dim currentdate As Date = Date.Today
Console.WriteLine(customdate)
Console.WriteLine(currentdate)
Console.WriteLine(currentdate)
Console.WriteLine(systemdate)
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
End Module
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Output:
Points
- Hash sign(#) is utilized to encase the information strict.
- 'Today' is the property of the DateandTime class.