Convert and Store Textbox Date to Date Variable

[ejaz_pk]

I have textbox where I am showing the date and the format of this date is short date "01/01/2008".I have a variable called mDeliveryDate as date and I want to stroe the textbox date in Variable with the format "01-Jan-2008" for which I am using the following statement mDeliveryDate = Format(txtdate.text,"dd-MMM-yyyy") I am getting error something like conversion from string to date is invalid. Any idea how to fix this. Thanks in Advance Ejaz

[Ashfield]

Ejaz Defining mDeliveryDate as Date means it is stored in the system date format, not a string. The format is done later. DateTime.TryParse(txtdate.text, mDeliveryDate ) Dim longDate As String = mDeliveryDate.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy") will give you "01-Jan-2008" in longDate. If it is an invalid date it will give you DateTime.MinValue (01-Jan-0001) Hope this helps

Bob Ashfield Consultants Ltd

[ejaz_pk]

Thanks Bob I will try this.