Bonnie,
Thank you very much for the solution. It works.
>
>The datatype is "D". The backend is VFP (have you heard of it? <g>).<>
>LOL! No! What is VFP? <g>
>
>Anyway, I haven't used VFP as a backend with .NET, so I'm not sure, but couldn't you read the date in as a .NET datetime datatype? Or doesn't the VFP OleDb provider handle that?
>
>DateTime dtDateClosed = (DateTime)drWORK_HIS["date_clos"];
>
>
>~~Bonnie
>
>
>
>>
>>>Dmitry,
>>>
>>>But what datatype is drWORK_HIS["date_clos"]? Is it a date datatype? What is your backend data?
>>>
>>>~~Bonnie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Dmitry,
>>>>>
>>>>>Try using the following.
>>>>>
>>>>>DateTime test = new DateTime(4, 2, 3);
>>>>>Console.WriteLine(test.Date.ToShortDateString());
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>Neil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Neil and Bonnie,
>>>>
>>>>Unfortunately my DateTime string is of type String. Here is how I get it from a Data Reader:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>string strDateClosed = drWORK_HIS["date_clos"].ToString();
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Therefore, I can't see how I can apply the method ToShortDateString to it.
>>>>
>>>>Thank you both for your suggestions.
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