date Time variable in c#

[Guest]

how do I decalre a variable as a datetime datatype in c#

for example a variable called 'x'

i've tried private DateTime x,
and i've tried system.datetime x

but none seem to work

does anyone have the solution

much appreciated

 

[Brock Allen]

C# is case sensitive:

System.DateTime x;

or you there's a "using System;" at the top, you can just use

using System;

class Foo
{
void Bar()
{
DateTime x;
}
}

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

 

[Karl Seguin]

What doesn't work?

both should work....do you want to intialize it to a particular date as
well?

Karl

 

[Guest]

What im trying to do is declare a variable(startDate) as a datetime, this
variable will be the inputted by a user at runtime into a textbox as a date.
Then that value of textbox will be inserted to a column in a sql database
which has a datetime column.

 

[Siva M]

Not sure if this is what you are looking for:

DateTime x;
x = DateTime.Parse(TextBox.Text); // or use DateTime.ParseExact() if you
have fixed format
// Use x now to insert into the database table.

What im trying to do is declare a variable(startDate) as a datetime, this
variable will be the inputted by a user at runtime into a textbox as a date.
Then that value of textbox will be inserted to a column in a sql database
which has a datetime column.

 

[Karl Seguin]

Just note that DateTime.Parse() might throw an exception if it can't
parse...ie if the user entered "aaa" so either validate or use a try catch
and catch for the specific exceptions..

Karl