Imports System.Globalization
Module Example
Public Sub Main()
Dim date1 As Date = #6/30/2009#
Console.WriteLine("D Format Specifier: {0:D}", date1)
Dim longPattern As String = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.LongDatePattern
Console.WriteLine("'{0}' custom format string: {1}",longPattern, date1.ToString(longPattern))
End Sub
End Module