VB.NET realtime clock in a textbox

vb.net time textbox clock form-load
user2782104 picture user2782104 · Nov 18, 2013 · Viewed 37.5k times · Source

How can I make it so that when I load the form a textbox will show me (dd/mm/yyy hh:mm:ss) format clock that is actually moving and is synced with the system?

I tried googling it but so far couldn't find anything that works. Most answers dealt with making labels into clocks but I figured it's the same with textboxes and tried doing what they said with no results. It shows me the time but it's just the time when the form loaded not an actual moving clock. I think most of the answers I found on google are dealing with older versions of VB that's why I can't get it to work.

P.S. I'm just learning coding so the simpler the code the better. Many step by step (like I'm 5) comments are appreciated as well. Thank You

Answer

Malcolm Salvador picture Malcolm Salvador · Nov 18, 2013

Add a Timer to your form, and add this code to it's tick event.

 Textbox1.text = Format(Now, "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss")

You now have a textbox which tells you the current date and time. Don't forget to enable your timer, though!

Related questions

How to convert a 24 hour time to 12 hour in VB.net as hh:mm AM/PM

So let's say I have 1400, I want to convert it into 2:00PM I tried the following: Dim convertedTime As String = DateTime.ParseExact(theTime,"HHmm", Nothing) And it would give me this: 6/12/2012 02:00:00 PM I do not want the date part, neither …

Read More
Converting DateTime to number of seconds in VB .NET

For converting number of seconds to DateTime, in VB .NET, I use the following code: Dim startDate As New DateTime(1970, 1, 1) Dim targetDate As DateTime Dim noOfSeconds As Integer = DataInSeconds targetDate = startDate.AddSeconds(noOfSeconds) where DataInSeconds is an Integer containing the …

Read More
How to add menu item dynamically during run time

I can perform the submenu list down using the codes below: Dim cm As GoContextMenu = New GoContextMenu(view) 'GoContextMenu Inherits System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu Dim subTop(1) As MenuItem ' if you have 2 submenu, then the array count is 2-1 = 1; subm(1) …

Read More