I need to fill a textbox with a date that, based on the current day, is 2
months back - PLUS I need it to reflect the first day of the month

so - I've got :
Dim dNow As DateTime = DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString
Dim NewDate As DateTime
NewDate = dNow.AddMonths(-2)

How do I make it so that the day portion of NewDate is always 1?

"Seth Williams" <sm@here.com> wrote in message
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> How do I make it so that the day portion of NewDate is always 1?

Something like:

Dim NewDate As DateTime = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-2)
NewDate = New DateTime(NewDate.Year, NewDate.Month, 1)

Not 100% certain of the syntax, as I never go anywhere near VB.NET...


--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Seth:
Try with this:

Dim dNow As DateTime = DateTime.Now
Dim NewDate As DateTime
NewDate = dNow.AddMonths(-2)
NewDate = NewDate.AddDays((NewDate.Day - 1) * -1)


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MCP - MCSD - MCTS
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-----Mensaje original-----
De: Seth Williams [mailto:sm@here.com]
Expuesto a las: Martes, 07 de Octubre de 2008 04:48 p.m.
Expuesto en: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet
Conversación: Get Date and format to 1st Day of month
Asunto: Get Date and format to 1st Day of month

I need to fill a textbox with a date that, based on the current day, is
2
months back - PLUS I need it to reflect the first day of the month

so - I've got :
Dim dNow As DateTime = DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString
Dim NewDate As DateTime
NewDate = dNow.AddMonths(-2)

How do I make it so that the day portion of NewDate is always 1?