CodeSOD: String Du Jour
It's not brought up frequently, but a "CodeSOD" is a "Code Sample of the Day". Martin brings us this function, entitled StringOfToday. It's in VB.Net, which, as we all know, has date formatting functions built in.
Public Function StringOfToday() As String Dim d As New DateTime d = Now Dim DayString As String If d.Day < 10 Then DayString = "0" & d.Day.ToString Else DayString = d.Day.ToString End If Dim MonthString As String If d.Month < 10 Then MonthString = "0" & d.Month.ToString Else MonthString = d.Month.ToString End If Dim YearString As String = d.Year.ToString Return YearString & MonthString & DayString End Function
There's not much new here, when it comes to formatting dates as strings. Grab the date, and pad it if it's less than 10. Grab the month, and pad it if it's less than 10. Grab the year, which will be 4 digits anytime within the last 2,000 years or so, so we don't need to pad it. Concatenate it all together, and voila: a date string.
Mostly, I just enjoy this because of the name. StringOfToday. It's like I'm in a restaurant. "Excuse me, waiter, what's the string of the day?" "Ah, a piquant 8 digit numeric string, hand concatenated using the finest ampersands, using a bounds checked string type." "Oh, excellent, I'm allergic to null terminators. I'll have that."
https://thedailywtf.com/articles/string-du-jour