1. Run Visual Studio
2. File> New project, select ‘C# windows Form Application’ and give it a name.
3. On the right column select Form1.cs, on the left open the toolbox, drag and drop over the Form:
– Button
– DateTimePicker
4. On the right column in the Property Window under the ‘Design’ section (Progettazione) change (Name):
– Button -> myButton
– DateTimePicker -> myDateTimePicker
5. Double-click the button to create the myButton_Click event handler, and add the following code in Form1.cs
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace DateTimePickerTest { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } // end public Form1 private void myButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { MessageBox.Show(myDateTimePicker.Value.ToString()); // result: 30/12/2016 16:14:38 MessageBox.Show(myDateTimePicker.Value.ToShortDateString()); // result: 30/12/2016 }// end myButton_Click }// end class Form1 }// end namespace DateTimePickerTest
6. Run