Converting Date.Now into ITime

Question

How does one convert the current date and/or time (Date.Now) into a format compatible with Esri's ITime interface?

Thanks,
Dennis

MeToo · Answer

Neil:

You are right. I had originally developed a procedure that accepted a .NET Date, but changed it to the ArcGIS ITime without realizing I was invalidating the ToShortDateString member. Visual Studio only caught it at runtime.

Thanks,
Dennis

NeilClemmons_GISinc · Answer

I don't see a method on the interface named ToShortDateString.  Where are you getting that from?  I just created a quick sample command and the following code works for me.        Dim t As ITime = New Time
        t.SetFromCurrentLocalTime()
        MsgBox(t.QueryTimeString(esriTimeStringFormat.esriTSFYearThruMinuteWithDash))

MeToo · Answer

Thanks Neil:

Your suggestion sounds logical enough, despite a cryptic help system description...

I am getting a System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
error message with the following code. Any idea of what's wrong with it?

Dim theLocalTime As ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.ITime = New ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.Time
    theLocalTime.SetFromCurrentLocalTime()    '<=> Setting the time object to .NET's Now?
    MsgBox("theLocalTime.ToShortDateString: " & theLocalTime.ToShortDateString)

Thanks again,
Dennis