Show Selected Date From Calender

Zeb Rehman

Hi everybody, Can some body tell me how can i find that which date (day,month and year) is selected in calender(I already have dropped calender on form) by pressing a button. Which code Should i wrote to find the date?
Thanks
Zeb-ur-Rehman

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Vulpes15y ago
Accepted answer
'dateTimePicker1.Value' is in fact already a DateTime value and so doesn't need converting to a string and then back again to DateTime. It can be put straight into the database if the corresponding field is also of a compatible DateTime type.

If you also have a namespace called DateTime then, as Shrikant said, I'd change it to something else. Otherwise, whenever you use the DateTime type, you'll always have to qualify it as: System.DateTime.
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Soft Corner15y ago
Hi Zeb,
I guess your application name is "DateTime", if that so , then you need to Change it , bcz it will create ambiguity between namespace & datatype.
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Ankit Nandekar15y ago
can we see ur code bcoz DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(dateTimePicker1.Value.ToString("d MMMM yyyy")); this line working fine.may be there is a problem in ur coding.
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Zeb Rehman15y ago
DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(dateTimePicker1.Value.ToString("d MMMM yyyy"));
Here it show me that DateTime is namespace but used as type.
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Soft Corner15y ago
Hi,
you need to convert it into DateTime and then store it in DB table , for e.g :

DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(dateTimePicker1.Value.ToString("d MMMM yyyy"));
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Zeb Rehman15y ago
Thank you very much, Can you tell me how can i save it into database of type datetime ........................
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Vulpes15y ago
Are you talking here about the Windows Forms' DateTimePicker control?

If you are, then you can show the currently selected date with code such as the following:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show(dateTimePicker1.Value.ToString("d MMMM yyyy"));
}
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Zeb Rehman15y ago
I am using windows form. I want to know that what date is selected by the user in calender. User will select the date in the calender and then when he press the button to show the date a messagebox appear which show the selected date.....................
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Jean Paul15y ago
Hello Rehman,

From your query I am not sure whether you are using ASP.NET / WinForms.

If you are using ASP.NET, Calendar1.SelectedDate should give the selected date.
There is a collection of dates property named SelectedDates for giving multiple date selections.

If you are using Windows Forms and MonthCalendar control, you have to use the control.SeletionStart and control.SelectionEnd datetime properties
(I believe this control is to specify a range of date by selecting the start and end dates)

Regards,
Jean Paul
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