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November 13th, 2006, 05:41 PM

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Date Format Syntax

I want to display a date selected from a calendar control in a textbox with the following format:

mmm/dd/yyyy

Ex.) Aug 23, 2006

I have this right now:

txtDate.Text = Calendar1.SelectedDate.ToString()

-- displays 11/7/2006

What would the correct syntax be?

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November 14th, 2006, 03:55 PM

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try the following:

txtDate.Text = Calendar1.SelectedDate.ToString("MMM dd, yyyy")

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