file handling

Question

i am using 4 date n time picker on the form in formate option i manage only date but the
file stored contain date and time but i want only date.

Vulpes · Accepted Answer

To write it, you can get the date string like this:
string dateStr = dateTimePicker1.Value.ToString("dd-MMM-yy");
and then slot that into your record.

ta mu · Answer

sorry for that because i m not explaining so much. i not not need to read it. i m writing
i just need to formate it
like
M Tayyab    20    Male    16-Aug-12 3:31:27 PM    17-Aug-12 3:31:28 PM    18-Aug-12 3:31:28 PM
this is one record i want
M Tayyab   20    Male    16-Aug-12                     17-Aug-12                    18-Aug-12
thats it.

Vulpes · Answer

If the file contains a date/time in a format such as this:
dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss
then one way to get rid of the time element is to apply the String.Split method before you parse it to a DateTime value. For example:
string readFromFile = "15/08/2012 14:00:00"; // if days precede months in your culture
string dateStr = readFromFile.Split(' ')[0];
DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(dateStr);
dateTimePicker1.Value = date;
Another way is to parse it, as it stands, to a DateTime and then use the DateTime.Date property to extract just the date:
string readFromFile = "15/08/2012 14:00:00"; DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(readFromFile).Date; dateTimePicker1.Value = date;