DateTimePicker

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Hi everyone - I know this has to be straightforward but I can't figure it out... I have a DateTime value which stores a legitimate date AND time. I have a windows form with two DateTimePicker controls. One is configured to show the date one is configured to show the time. (dateTimePicker2.format = time; dateTimePicker2.ShowUpDown = true) Once I read the value from the db I can assign the date to the dateTimePicker1 successfully with the following very simple line: dateTimePicker1.Value = aGame.GameDate; However when I try to assign the time component to the second control it doesn't work: dateTimePicker2.Value = aGame.GameDate; The big question: How can I get the time component to display in the DateTimePicker? Thanks in advance.... -Ant

tuortoam · Answer

I understand what you were telling me and I did get it to work thank you very much. But apparently there is still much for me to learn regarding string formatting. Here is the code I ended up with: public DateTime GameTime { get { String theTime = gameTime.ToString(); char[] thedelims = {' '}; String[] theDateTime = theTime.Split(thedelims); theTime = theDateTime[1] +   + theDateTime[2]; return DateTime.Parse(theTime); } set { gameTime = value; } } I'm sure there is a neater way but this was the best I could do. Thanks for the assist. -Ant

mattiraghu · Answer

Hi I saw your problem.When assigning the values from database(based on how you stored the date and time in database) you need to assign the data to a variable in specified format. In this case dateTimepicker2.value= format(agame.gamedatehh:mm:ss) then it returns 05:04:23. Hope you got the answer. From Raghu.