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I tried that but kept coming up with todays date not the date I specified.<br />
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Dim d = DateTime.Now.ToString(&quot;MMM<wbr /> d, yyyy&quot;)<br />
Response.Write(String.Form<wbr />at(d, &quot;01022013&quot;))
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I tried that but kept coming up with todays date not the date I specified.

Dim d = DateTime.Now.ToString("MMM d, yyyy")
Response.Write(String.Format(d, "01022013"))

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give me an example on the current &nbsp;string i provided up top.
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give me an example on the current  string i provided up top.

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if I have a date string like &quot;01022013&quot; which is january 02, 2013<br />
how can I format it to show jan, 02, 13 or january 02, 2013
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if I have a date string like "01022013" which is january 02, 2013
how can I format it to show jan, 02, 13 or january 02, 2013

format string date

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