DateTimePicker.Format Property

Sets the display format of the DateTimePicker control. The assign expects a string containing any of the following fragments:

Namespace: VO
Assembly: VOGUIClasses (in VOGUIClasses.dll) Version: 2.21

Syntax

 VIRTUAL PROPERTY Format AS USUAL GET SET

public virtual Usual Format { get; set; }

Type: Usual
Sets the display format of the DateTimePicker control. The assign expects a string containing any of the following fragments:

Remarks

Sets the display format of the DateTimePicker control. The assign expects a string containing any of the following fragments:

Constant	Description
"d"	The one- or two-digit day.
"dd"	The two-digit day. Single-digit day values are preceded by a zero (0).
"ddd"	The three-character weekday abbreviation.
"dddd"	The full weekday name.
"h"	The one- or two-digit hour in 12-hour format.
"hh"	The two-digit hour in 12-hour format. Single-digit values are preceded by a zero(0).
"H"	The one- or two-digit hour in 24-hour format.
"HH"	The two-digit hour in 24-hour format. Single-digit values are preceded by a zero(0).
"m"	The one- or two-digit minute.
"mm"	The two-digit minute. Single-digit values are preceded by a zero(0).
"M"	The one- or two-digit month number.
"MM"	The two-digit month number. Single-digit values are preceded by a zero(0).
"MMM"	The three-character month abbreviation.
"MMMM"	The full month name.
"t"	The one-letter AM/PM abbreviation (that is, AM is displayed as "A").
"tt"	The two-letter AM/PM abbreviation (that is, AM is displayed as "AM").
"y"	The one-digit year (that is, 1999 would be displayed as "9").
"yy"	The last two digits of the year (that is, 1999 would be displayed as "99").
"yyy"	The full year (that is, 1999 would be displayed as "1999").

Examples

This example displays the current time only on the date time picker control:

1oDTPicker:Format := "hh:mm:ss"  // 10:23:14

This example displays a string along with the date:

1ODTPicker:Format := "'Today is' dddd, MMMM d, yyy"
2// Today is Friday, April 9, 1999