Conversion from u0091Stringu0092 to type u0091Dateu0092

Question

Hi,
I am fetching a date from DeliveryDate TextBox from Sales Order. I enter as 10/03/2007. As I need to fetch this value and store it in Production Order DueDate records through SDK Code.When I fetch this value from code,I get as 20070310. When I try to update my Production Order DueDate it gives me an Error Msgbox “Conversion from string “20070310” to type ‘Date’ is not valid.” Here is my code to update production order.
Dim DelDt As String
DelDt = MyForm.Items.Item("12").Specific.value
Here DelDt shows 20070310
Now I have created an object of ProductionOrder and try to add Records,
sboProdOrder.DueDate = DelDt
On the above line it gives me that messagebox.
Can any one help me as to how can I convert this code in a working one or how to convert the string to date in VB.Net
Thanks a lot
Murtaza

Answer 1

Hi Murtuza,
Retrieving the value from a date-field through the value always returns the date as a string in the format yyyymmdd.
the field DueDate is a field of type DateTime.Date. to enter the date in this field, you must convert the string to a date.
The following line converts the date-string to a date.
new DateTime.Date(left(DelDt,4), mid(DelDt,5,2), right(DelDt,2))
Regards
Ad