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VB.Net program to print date and time in 'day, month dd, yyyy' format using Format() function

Here, we are going to learn how to print date and time in 'day, month dd, yyyy' 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 the 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 'day, month dd, yyyy' format using Format() function

The source code to print date and time in 'day, month dd, yyyy' format using Format() function is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

'VB.Net program to print date and time in 
'"day, month dd, yyyy" format using Format() function.

Module Module1

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

        D = Date.Now

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

End Module

Output:

Tuesday, November 24, 2020
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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, "Long Date")

In the above code, we used function Format(), here we passed date object "D" and style argument "Long Date" that will return date in  "day, month dd, yyyy" format after we printed the formatted date on the console screen.

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