Michel,

I'm not sure if it's the same in VB as it is in C#, but in C# a datetime object can be manipulated with various methods to get the date in various formats. I don't know if this answers your question or not.

~~Bonnie


>I would like to know what controls the date format in VB.NET. For example, if I have this:
>
>

>Public Function GetMessage(ByVal tdDate As Date) As String
>   Return tdDate
>End Function
>

>
>Is the date format controlled by the OS or within the definition of the Web Service?
>
>In my case, I need to rely on a DD/MM/YYYY format. So here, before returning the date value, I need to pass that date to another process in the DD/MM/YYYY format.