I have a GridView control on a form. There is a button which populates the grid

Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        Dim tvPage1 As TreeView = CType(Session("treeview"), TreeView)

        Dim strConn As String = CType(Me.Master, MasterPage).connectString
        Dim objConn As New MySqlConnection(strConn)
        Dim objDS As New DataSet

        Dim ldDate As String = (CType(ddlDates.SelectedValue, Date).GetDateTimeFormats())(66)

        Dim strSql As String
        strSql = "SELECT action,totNumberActions,Status,totCountStatus,categoryname,createdate " & _
                 "  FROM kpi_mrpactions " & _
                 " WHERE savedate = '" & ldDate & "'" & _
                 "  ORDER BY action,status "

        Dim daMrp As New MySqlDataAdapter(strSql, objConn)
        daMrp.Fill(objDS, "dtMrp")
        GridView1.DataSource = objDS
        GridView1.DataBind()

End Sub

The data is coming from a MySql table.
The < createdate > column is of type DATE (definitely not DATETIME -- I checked). But the column in the gridview is showing a Time portion (for example: 12/12/2009 12:00:00 AM).

Is there a setting somewhere that maps Dates to DateTime displays????

Is there some way to modify the display so that only the date portion shows???

Is there some way to modify the query to ensure a date value is returned and displayed as a date???

All replies greatly appreciated............Rich