Setting the System's ShortDate Format in RunTime

[Guest]

Can anybody assist me on the code to set the System's ShortDate format to
yyyy/MM/dd at runtime?

 

[Newbie Coder]

Connull,

Do you mean your application or Windows?

Dim strDate As String = DateTime.Today.ToShortDate...
MessageBox.Show(strDate, Me.Text)

 

[Guest]

Windows!

Connull,

Do you mean your application or Windows?

Dim strDate As String = DateTime.Today.ToShortDate...
MessageBox.Show(strDate, Me.Text)

 

[rowe_newsgroups]

Windows!

I'm thinking you can use the SetLocaleInfo api for this. This looks
like a very touchy API so do so at your own risk (i.e. don't blame me
if you screw something up):

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776312.aspx

By the way, you do know that changing a user's settings is a great way
to tick them off right?

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

 

[Newbie Coder]

Connull,

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724942.aspx

When I get the time I will try code it for you

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Connull,

The ShortDate is an enum from ToString in the overloaded DateTime structure.

What is your goal?.

Cor

 

[Guest]

Other programs running on my Clients Workstations keep changing the format
and I am then having problems with the Date format in Access and I also use
string values from the DateTime hence the reason I want my Windows App to
correct the Format of the applicable Workstation.

 

[Stephany Young]

One word of advice: DON'T!!!!!!!!!!

If you do you are likely to end up on the losing end of a law suit.

If you want your application to output the date as yyyy/MM/dd then make sure
that you explicitly format the output in your code.