Label to show current date and time

Question

hello guys , i have created a form .now in my form i have a label where i want to display the current time and day as soon as the form opens
what i did till now is something like this

dtLB.Text = "Date:" + DateTime.Now.ToString();

but the date and time are only shown when i click on the label. any help please thanks

azzo stones · Answer

hi guys my problem was that i was putting the code in the label not in the form i just used my code in the form and all worked as i wanted. thanks for your help everyone.

Vulpes · Answer

Do you have any other code in Form1_Load? If you have and an exception is being thrown whilst in debug mode, then the form may appear before the label's Text property has been fully filled. I'd try 'Start Without Debugging' (Ctrl + F5) to see if an exception is being thrown by some other code.

azzo stones · Answer

still the same i have to click the box to get the date and time display i only get( Date: ) at start than i click on it and time/date are displayed.

Priya Linge · Answer

Hi, Now check, private void label3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { label3.Text = "Date:" + DateTime.Now.ToString(); } private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { label3_Click(sender, e); } Hope this code will work for u. Thanks.

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Hi Azzo, In form_load() write the code, using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace WindowsFormsApplication1 { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { label1.Text = "Date:" + DateTime.Now.ToString(); } } } Thanks

azzo stones · Answer

hello it did not seem to work.i am adding my code just wanted to add that i have many other things in my form but this is what is not working at the moment. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace Lsn4Example { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void groupBox4_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void radioButton5_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void radioButton6_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void checkBox3_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label6_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { dtLB.Text = "Date:" + DateTime.Now.ToString(); }

Priya Linge · Answer

Hi, Please try this, public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); label3.Text = "Date:" + DateTime.Now.ToString(); } You can get date as form open. Hope this will help you. Thanks.