Hi Fred

I tried your code but received the following error when running the program.

FormatException

I have found a work around for now

this.txtDob.Text.Substring(3,2) + "/" + this.txtDob.Text.Substring(0,2) + "/" + this.txtDob.Text.Substring(6,4) ;

I am sure there must be a better way, but it's working.

Thanks for your help.

John

>Unfortunately when writing to a dataset you need to write in American Date.
>You will need to convert your date back to british and store.
>
>DataSet.Tables["MyTable"].Rows[x]["mycolumn"] = Convert.ToDateTime(this.txtDob.Text).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")
>
>
>>I am storing the current date to a text box with the following code.
>>
>>

>>this.txtDob.Text = System.DateTime.Today.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") ;
>>

>>
>>I am then trying to save the date into a dataset created from an XML file. When it tries to save this.txtDob.Text I receive the following error.
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>>An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in System.Data.dll
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>>Additional information: Couldn't store in db Column. Expected type is DateTime.
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>>I have tried using System.DateTime.Parse(this.txtDob.Text) but that causes another error.
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>>I think it's caused by the British date format.
>>
>>Any ideas on how to proceed?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>John