Getting the current date in visual Basic 2008

Question

I dont know how to get the current date in visual basic 2008. Here is a sample code

regDate = Format(Date.Now(), "ddMMMyyyy")

The output is like 7/02/1900

Need help

Answer 1

User can use this

Dim todaysdate As String = String.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", DateTime.Now)

this will format the date as required whereas user can change the string type dd/MM/yyyy or MM/dd/yyyy or yyyy/MM/dd or even can have this format to get the time from date

yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss 

Answer 2

Try this:

Dim regDate as Date = Date.Now()
Dim strDate as String = regDate.ToString("ddMMMyyyy")

strDate will look like so: 07Feb2012