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VB.Net program to print date and time in 'dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss' format using Format() function

Here, we are going to learn how to print date and time in 'dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss' format using Format() function in VB.Net?
Submitted by Nidhi, on December 06, 2020 [Last updated : March 05, 2023]

Format() function in VB.Net

Here, we used the Format() function, which is used to get formatted date and time based on style argument.

Syntax

Format(Date, StyleArg)

Parameter(s)

• Date: Given the date object.
• StyleArg: String Argument, which is used to specify the date format.

Return Value

The Format() function will return formatted date time in the form of a string.

VB.Net code to print date and time in 'dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss' format using Format() function

The source code to print date and time in 'dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss' format using Format() function is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

'VB.Net program to print date and time in 
'"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss" format using Format() function.

Module Module1

    Sub Main()
        Dim strDate As String
        Dim D As Date

        D = Date.Now

        strDate = Format(D, "General Date")
        Console.WriteLine(strDate)
    End Sub

End Module

Output:

11/24/2020 7:14:54 PM
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Explanation:

In the above program, we created a module Module1 that contains a Main() method. In the Main() method, we created two variables strDate and D. Here, we assigned the current date and time into the "D" object of Date class using Date.Now.

strDate = Format(D, "General Date")

In the above code, we used function Format(), here we passed date object "D" and style argument "General Date" that will return date in  "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss" format after we printed the formatted date and time on the console screen.

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