{"id":2070,"date":"2024-03-12T09:10:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-add-a-date-picker-control-in-winforms\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T15:54:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T15:54:34","slug":"how-to-add-a-date-picker-control-in-winforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-add-a-date-picker-control-in-winforms\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add a date picker control in WinForms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To add a date picker control in WinForms, you can use the DateTimePicker control. Below are the steps for adding the date picker control.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the WinForms project in Visual Studio.<\/li>\n<li>Open the form designer and drag the DateTimePicker control from the toolbox onto the form.<\/li>\n<li>Adjust the size and position of the DateTimePicker control, and set other properties as needed, such as format, minimum date, maximum date, etc.<\/li>\n<li>In the window loading event, you can set the initial value of the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dotnet\/desktop\/winforms\/controls\/datetimepicker-control-windows-forms?view=netframeworkdesktop-4.8\">DateTimePicker<\/a> control using the following code:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>dateTimePicker1.Value = DateTime.Now;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>After running the program, you will be able to see the added date picker control on the form.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>By following the steps above, you can add a date picker control in WinForms. You can further customize and configure the DateTimePicker control as needed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More tutorials<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-the-cdate-function-used-in-visual-basic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How is the CDate function used in Visual Basic?<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-label-control-in-winforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to use the Label control in WinForms?<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-button-control-in-winforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to create a button control in WinForms?<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-add-controls-to-a-winforms-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How do you add controls to a WinForms form?<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-create-a-new-winforms-application-in-visual-studio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How do you create a new WinForms application in Visual Studio?<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To add a date picker control in WinForms, you can use the DateTimePicker control. Below are the steps for adding the date picker control. Open the WinForms project in Visual Studio. Open the form designer and drag the DateTimePicker control from the toolbox onto the form. 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