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Compares two Date values

  
Imports System.Globalization

Module MainClass
   Public Sub Main()

        Dim date1 As Date = #08/01/2009 12:00AM#
        Dim date2 As Date = #08/01/2009 12:00PM#
        Dim result As Integer = DateTime.Compare(date1, date2)
        Dim relationship As String
        
        If result < 0 Then
           relationship = "is earlier than"
        ElseIf result = 0 Then
           relationship = "is the same time as"         
        Else
           relationship = "is later than"
        End If
        
        Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2}", date1, relationship, date2)

   End Sub
End Module

   
    
  








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