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Mikey3Strings
Mikey3Strings

Reputation: 109

Convert Object Date to String in VB .net

I need to convert item.MergedDate, which is a date, to a string.

Code as follows

If item.MergeDate.ToString() = "12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM" Then
    item.MergeDate = ""
End If

Obviously this is a terrible attempt, but

I have tried = Nothing and didnt work.

Thank You

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1136

Answers (2)

spacemonkeys
spacemonkeys

Reputation: 1749

Just an extension of SSS idea, but you could add another property to item, MergeDateAsString (Or overload it i suppose)

  Public Property Merge() As String
        Get
            Return _MergeDate
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _MergeDate = value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property MergeDateAsString
        Get
            Dim returnValue As String = String.Empty
            If _MergeDate <> Date.MinValue Then
                returnValue = _MergeDate.ToString
            End If
            Return returnValue
        End Get
    End Property

And then bind to the new property instead

Upvotes: 1

SSS
SSS

Reputation: 5403

Change the data type of the Item.MergeDate property to a String

You can't store text in a Date variable.

Upvotes: 0

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