Trimming out Whitespace in Time

[Denaes]

Ok, I'm getting the current time like so:

 

Time = Today.Now.ToShortTimeString

 

At this time, the variable reads: "8:40 PM"

 

I want to remove the space between "8:40" and "PM"

 

I try these statements:

 

Time = Today.Now.ToShortTimeString.Trim()

Time = Trim(Today.Now.ToShortTimeString)

Time = Today.Now.ToShortTimeString.Trim(" ")

Time = Today.Now.ToShortTimeString
Time = Time.Trim()

 

I think I know why. When I set Time to be equal to the current time, it sets the reference to the time, rather than copying over the actual string (array of characters).

 

This is annoying as heck. Any suggestions?

[jfackler]

Ok, I'm getting the current time like so:

 

Time = Today.Now.ToShortTimeString

 

At this time, the variable reads: "8:40 PM"

 

I want to remove the space between "8:40" and "PM"

 

I try these statements:

 

Time = Today.Now.ToShortTimeString.Trim()

Time = Trim(Today.Now.ToShortTimeString)

Time = Today.Now.ToShortTimeString.Trim(" ")

Time = Today.Now.ToShortTimeString
Time = Time.Trim()

 

I think I know why. When I set Time to be equal to the current time, it sets the reference to the time, rather than copying over the actual string (array of characters).

 

This is annoying as heck. Any suggestions?

This will work:

Time = Now.ToShortTimeString.Replace(" ", "")

 

Jon

[Denaes]

I did this workaround:

 

Hour = Now.Hour.ToString

Minutes = Now.Minutes.ToString

 

I already have many functions for converting time back and forth in my program so this works just fine. I could clean up my code A LOT once I learn how to use the VB internal time functions... mostly I had problems with adding time together.

 

Like so many projects, the time grows near (and abruptly without notice) and subtlety and finesse goes right out the window :D

 

Thank you for your help :)

[Nerseus]

Why not just use ToString with the right format, such as "hh:mmtt"?

Dim s As String = Today.ToString("hh:mmtt")

 

-Nerseus

[Arch4ngel]

Hummm... Yes it work more than perfectlly.

 

As I said before... Nerseus rocks ! :p

 

N.B.: The way Nerseus do it is more optimized. Better take this way.