best way to handle dates

what's the best way to handle dates in .net and sql
i recieve this form my sql in my app

11/11/2005 12:00:00
but I don't want that, what i want is to get the date not the time

11/11/2005
how can I fix it??

MS SQL defines no seperate date and time data types. It only provides a single Date type which stores both the date and time

To get the current date in VB.Net you can use something like the following

Console.WriteLine(Date.Now.Date)

What this actually happens here is Date.Now gives you the current Date & Time and .Date removes the time portion !

If you insert a Date.Now.Date into a SQL database it will actually be stored as Date.Now (pesudo) .Midnight

so, If I receive 11/11/2005 12:00:00 as string from sql server
how should I validate only date??

you could use the split function to grab only the date out

VB Code:

Dim SplitDate() as String
Dim NewDate as String
SplitDate = Split("11/11/2005 12:00:00 AM"," ")
NewDate = SplitDate(0)

HTH

or better yet:

Code:

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DateTime.Parse(string).ToShortDateString()

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thx all for ur help
I'm using Briantcva's answer..

thx man!