[RESOLVED] Best fool-proof way to input time

[DJHotIce]

Alright guys. I want a full proof way to enter time. I am using a mysql database, which *can* accept a time stamp. Don't know if VB supports it natively. I would like a simple user interface to assign a start time/end time. Which could in theory be military or standard 12 hour. If military (I've already created a converter which doesnt work right). I've tried masked edit, but I need something that will just work. Something that doesn't require pages of API calls and what not. Thanks a lot for the help.

[VIP3R]

Enter what type of time? Is it user defined (does the user enter it)? Do you just want a method to enter a time that exists, such that it rejects something like 25:61:61 ?

In other words, I don't understand what you want.

[DJHotIce]

It is through a GUI. The user inputs the time, sorry for not being specific.

also just to the nearest minute, so no seconds at all.

Thanks for the quick response

[dee-u]

Why wouldnt MaskedEdit work? You may need to validate and format it yourself.

[DJHotIce]

dee-u. So your saying take the validation, and check if it meets a criteria, if so go ahead and use it. If so. I will do that. I just wanted to infer about this. So basically this is Resolved. Thanks.

[dee-u]

Yap, when we want to fool-proof some data then we have to validate it ourselves. I did noticed you said "full proof"....

[dglienna]

If you want a GUI, use the Date-Time Picker. Sorry I was late...