Date validation

Dorababu Meka

Hi all,

I am calling current date in to my text box as

txtFilecreatdate.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("yy/MM/dd");

but i would like the user edit this date so that the date should be in the format yymmdd any idea please...

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Marimuthu Arigovindasamy16y ago
Accepted answer
Try the below one.

dateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;
dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "yy/MM/dd";

You can set the same in the design mode also. (Using property window)
Dorababu Meka16y ago
But i am getting the required one i need by what i have written will it leads to any exceptions if please tell me.
Marimuthu Arigovindasamy16y ago
One more thing, U no need to use Convert.ToString(), because already u r using .ToString("yy/MM/dd"). It will return string only.
Dorababu Meka16y ago
Got the answer

objbll.FileCreationDate = Convert.ToString(dateTimePicker1.Value.ToString("yy/MM/dd"));
Dorababu Meka16y ago
At the time of running it is not displaying but if i am saving it then it is displaying the time with different format.
I have written the following

objbll.FileCreationDate = Convert.ToString(dateTimePicker1.Value);

any wrong in this
Marimuthu Arigovindasamy16y ago
Did u try this solution. It won't display time.
Put that code in Form_Load event.

It will display the date format as "10/06/25"
Dorababu Meka16y ago
Hey i did not need the time to display but the format should be same as i asked then....
Dorababu Meka16y ago
How to format datetimepicker to yy/mm/dd
Crish16y ago
hi

use date picker control for your solution otherwise you never find what users has written in your textbox.