> I am trying to check the date of my field to check if it is greater that
> today, but I am getting an error.
>
> I am using :
>
>         <asp:CompareValidator runat="server"
>          ControlToCompare="RequestedStartDate"
>          Operator="GreaterThan"
>          Display="Dynamic"
>          ValueToCompare = DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString()
>          Type="Date" text="<br>Invalid Start Date"/>
>
> But it gives me an error:
>
>    The value 'DateTime.Today()' of the ValueToCompare property of '' cannot
> be converted to type 'Date'
>
> I also tried DateTime.Today(), but got the same error.  How would I do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom

"tdavisjr" <tdavi***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> tshad wrote:
> > I am trying to check the date of my field to check if it is greater that
> > today, but I am getting an error.
> >
> > I am using :
> >
> >         <asp:CompareValidator runat="server"
> >          ControlToCompare="RequestedStartDate"
> >          Operator="GreaterThan"
> >          Display="Dynamic"
> >          ValueToCompare = DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString()
> >          Type="Date" text="<br>Invalid Start Date"/>
> >
> > But it gives me an error:
> >
> >    The value 'DateTime.Today()' of the ValueToCompare property of ''
cannot
> > be converted to type 'Date'
> >
> > I also tried DateTime.Today(), but got the same error.  How would I do
this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom
>
> How about this:
>
> ValueToCompare = '<%= DateTime.Today.ToShortString() %>'
>
> put a semi-colon to the end of the ToShortString() if using C#.  See if
> that works
>