Latest Date Articles

Using CaseInsensitiveComparer in Visual Basic

By Hannes DuPreez - Published 01/18/2016

Comparing the equality of two or more objects is getting easier all the time. Learn new techniques here.

Common Library Functions in Visual Basic

By Hannes Du Preez - Published 08/31/2015

Learn about the functions, and see a small example of how the particular functions can be used.

Accurately Storing a Visual Basic 6 Date in an XML DOM Document

By Michael Vanhoutte - Published 10/13/2005

Learn about one possible way to safely store a Visual Basic 6 Date-datatype in an XML Document.

Discovering Visual Basic .NET: Using Functions and Arguments

By Bill Hatfield - Published 12/30/2004

A lot of functionality it already done for you. Learn how to use built-in functionality in Visual Basic .NET. with this installment of our Visual Basic .NET tutorials.

Calculating the Years Between Dates

By Karl Moore - Published 03/18/2004

Business applications often find it useful to calculate the number of years between two particular dates, such as the date a customer first ordered and the present date, perhaps to see whether they apply for a "loyalty" discount or a free gift.

Figuring Out Quarters in .NET

By Karl Moore - Published 03/16/2004

Calculating the opening and closing quarter dates for a particular date is a common task for programmers. So, to save you from figuring out how to write that code, here are some ready-to-run functions that do it all for you.