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jgibbs  
#1 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:46:03 AM(UTC)
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I'm able to pull the ExifDateTime attribute from the JPG file, but I have to insert it into a SQL 2000 database that has a datatype of "date".

How do I convert "2006:05:11 14:40:00"
To just "05/11/2006" as a date?

I have this in my upload script:

Code:
Dim theDateTaken As String = Request.Form("ExifDateTaken_" & i)


But doing:

Code:
cmdInsert.Parameters.Add("@DateTaken_" & i & "", Format(theDateTaken, "MM/dd/yyyy"))


doesn't work. Any idea? I'm still a n00b at VB and ASP.NET

Thanks

Edited by user Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:40:46 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Fedor  
#2 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 1:34:31 AM(UTC)
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Hello,

Please try to use this code:

Code:
Dim info AS New DateTimeFormatInfo()
info.ShortDatePattern = "yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm:ss"
Dim theDateTaken As DateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(Request.Form
["ExifDateTaken_" + Parent.FileIndex], "d", info)

cmdInsert.Parameters.Add("@DateTaken_" & i & "", theDateTaken)
Best regards,
Fedor Skvortsov
jgibbs  
#3 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 1:58:07 AM(UTC)
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Doesn't seem to work in VB, is that right?

I get: BC30002: Type 'DateTimeFormatInfo' is not defined.
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#4 Posted : Thursday, October 9, 2008 7:17:37 AM(UTC)
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Quote:
Doesn't seem to work in VB, is that right?

I get: BC30002: Type 'DateTimeFormatInfo' is not defined.


DateTimeFormatInfo is defined System.Globalization namespace. So either import this namespace or specify full class name:

Code:
Dim info AS New System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo()
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Fedor Skvortsov
jgibbs  
#5 Posted : Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:03:48 AM(UTC)
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This just doesn't seem to work still. I get something saying paramter "s" is not defined:

Dim info AS New System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo()
info.ShortDatePattern = "yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm:ss"
Dim theDateTaken As DateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(Request.Form("ExifDateTaken_" & i), "d", info)
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#6 Posted : Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:50:57 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

Please, try this sample:
Code:

Dim exifDateTime As String = "2006:05:11 14:40:00"
Dim exifDateTimeFormat As String = "yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm:ss"
Dim dateTime As System.DateTime = System.DateTime.ParseExact(exifDateTime, _
  exifDateTimeFormat, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
Sincerely yours,
Dmitry Sevostyanov

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