How are dates handled in .Net

[jccorner]

Here's my issue. I'm performing a conversion from an AS400. One of the fields in the pf is a date field, but as in the AS400 it is stored as a numeric five digit number. I'm attempting to bring the info into a date field on Firebird as a date type in a VB.Net program. Now here's the issue, in VB6 this code would work:

 

Dim wrkDate as Date
wrkDate = 55909
Label1.Caption = wrkDate

 

Label1 would then display 1/25/2053. Reason being is because in VB6 date types are handled as a numeric, but when I try to plug in the same code into a VB.Net app it won't handle it. So what are date types in .Net?? I even know that when you put a number in Excel and then format the cell to a date it will convert it to a date as well. I've been searching to see how dates are handled in .Net but to no avail. Appreciate the insight.

[mutant]

Use the FromAODate method of the Date type.

Dim d As Date = Date.FromAODate(55909)