VB.NET: Substring XML.....[Resolved]

Say i have these XML tag:

Code:

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<Books country = "USA" date= "21/1/2005">
      <Title section ="1">
          <Reference web = "www.any.com" topic = "1" />
      </Title>
      <Title section ="1">
          <Reference web = "www.idea.com" topic = "2" />
      </Title>
      <Title section ="2">
          <Reference web = "www.howTo.com" topic = "3" />
      </Title>
      <Title section ="3">
          <Reference web = "www.do.com" topic = "4" />
      </Title>
</Books>

---

how do i actually substring the "1" from the date attributes

Thanks

done it with ..

no = node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("page").Value.Substring(2, 1)