entering the time and date on a form

Question

How do I put in the time and date on a form in VB.NET? I did what my book has told me but all it shows up as is 01/01/2000 on the date and the time reads 12:01:01 and doesn't change. So how do I make it show the correct time and date? There is another part in my book that explains how to put it in the status bar but I don't want to put them in the status bar. Please help me!

Michael Puckett · Answer

Problem easily solved. I'm pretty sure this is what your looking for. 1. Add A timer to your form. 2. Click on timer and then click on property's. 3. Set enabled to True; Set Interval to 1000 (this causes the timer to tick; 1000 will tick every second. 4. Double click the timer and insert the following code. label1.Text = CStr ( Date .Today.Now) 5. Remember that label1 here is representing whatever you are using and should be replaced with your object. Example: If you want the forms' text to display the time, then use me.text = .... 6. Run the program and watch it keep time. You can play with the Date class and get different displays of time and date. Hope this helps :)

Andrew Wooster · Answer

Why not use a DateTimePicker control? http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwindowsformsdatetimepickerclasstopic.asp Although I don't think this has to do with your issue, on a side note, the DateTime class cannot be set to nothing.