Converting a String to a Date in VB.Net

Hi,

This seems quite simple but I don't know what I am doing wrong.

I have a string as "15122004"

I want to convert this to a date.

I have Option Strict On.

How can I convert this string to a date in format ("dd/mm/yyyy") without
turning off Option Strict?

Thanks.

CG wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This seems quite simple but I don't know what I am doing wrong.
>
> I have a string as "15122004"
>
> I want to convert this to a date.
>
> I have Option Strict On.
>
> How can I convert this string to a date in format ("dd/mm/yyyy")
> without turning off Option Strict?
>
> Thanks.

in C# syntax, but this should be easily convertible:

string myDateString = "15122004";
DateTimeFormatInfo myDTFI = new DateTimeFormatInfo();
myDTFI.ShortDatePattern = "ddMMyyyy";
DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(myDateString, myDTFI);

Hans Kesting

[fred5152]

Dim strDate As String
Dim objdate As Date
strDate = "11301982"
strDate = strDate.Substring(0, 2) & "/" & strDate.Substring(2, 2) & "/" & strDate.Substring(4, 4)
objdate = Date.Parse(strDate).ToShortDateString
lbl_Test.Text = objdate