Date and Time Controls

You can display the date and time in your applications by using controls such as the DateTimePicker and MonthCalendar controls. This topic is designed to help you find code that demonstrates how to perform common tasks by using these controls.

In This Section

• How to: Display the Date and Time in Your Application
  Describes how to format and display the date and time in a Windows Form application.

• How to: Select a Range of Dates in a Calendar Control
  Demonstrates how to select a range of dates in a Windows Forms MonthCalendar control.

• How to: Display the Time in a Label
  Demonstrates how to display the current time in the status bar of an application.

• How to: Determine the Span Between Two Dates
  Demonstrates how to calculate the difference in days between two dates and construct a TimeSpan value for that difference.

Related Sections

• Designing a User Interface in Visual C#
  Explains how to use the Windows Forms Designer and Toolbox to create a user interface.

• Visual C# Express
  Provides an introduction to documentation that helps you use Express editions of Visual Studio.

• Using the Visual C# Express IDE
  Provides links to topics that explain how to use the integrated development environment (IDE).