DateTimePicker...

[Robson]

How do I display the date AND the time in the date/time picker? If I use a
custom format, how can I do this AND stick to local date/time display rules?


Thanks,



Robin

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Robson,

Just set the value of the datetime to a proper date.

By instance roughly typed here

mydatetimepicker1.value = Now

I hope this helps,

Cor

 

[Robson]

Yes, I'm doing that now to set the intial date, but it just displays the
date part, not the time part. I can set it to show long date, short date or
time, but I want to show Date Time ( DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS or equivalent for
the given locale) in the actual control.

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Robson,

I assume that you ask how the datetimepicker interacts with the
Iformatprovider as far as I can see does it that only with the custom
paterns from that, and can you not reach your goal because you need the (f
or F) from that (not existing ShortDateTimePattern) however which exist as
"f".

You should can set two datetimepickers however that you would have seen
probably already

Or you can localize your applications and test the currentuicultures and set
accoording to those than the custom paterns (not nice in an age of
globalization in my idea too).

Sorry, I have no other answer for you.

However, I find it a very interesting question and will ask it somewhere
else.

Cor

 

[Robson]

Thanks Cor, appreciate the help.

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Robson,
In addition to the other comments.

I normally use 2 datetime picker controls. One for the Date AND one for the
Time.

To keep the two values "in sync" I normally use code similar to:

Private Sub pickerDate_ValueChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal
e As System.EventArgs) Handles pickerDate.ValueChanged
pickerTime.Value =
pickerDate.Value.Date.Add(pickerTime.Value.TimeOfDay)
End Sub

Private Sub pickerTime_ValueChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal
e As System.EventArgs) Handles pickerTime.ValueChanged
Me.labelDateTime.Text = pickerTime.Value.ToString()
End Sub

In the above case I would use pickerTime.Value as the full date time value.


I normally use the following properties on the Time picker:

Format = Custom
CustomFormat = "HH:mm" (for 24 hour:min)
ShowUpDown = True


I normally encapsulate both date time picker controls in a User control that
has properties to simplify the getting & setting values...

--
Hope this helps
Jay [MVP - Outlook]
..NET Application Architect, Enthusiast, & Evangelist
T.S. Bradley - http://www.tsbradley.net


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[Robson]

Yes, I thought about this also, but it doesn't seem too clean to me.
Anyway, that seems to be the workaround at least for now.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

How do I display the date AND the time in the date/time picker? If I use
a custom format, how can I do this AND stick to local date/time display
rules?

\\\
With Me.DateTimePicker1
.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom
.CustomFormat = _
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.FullDateTimePattern
End With
///

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Herfried,

Smart,

And to fullfill the asked question in the thread about the shortformat
complete

\\\
.CustomFormat = _
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern & " " & _
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortTimePattern
///

Cor

 

[Robson]

Superb. Thanks chaps.