DateTime format possible to implement on reader.read?

Question

I am very new to c# and visual studios 2015 so any opinions are happily accepted(even bad ones).

Is there a way to directly pull out DateTime to a format of "ddd" using reader.read like for example:

textBox1.Text = Convert.ToDateTime(reader[1].ToString()).ToShortDateString();

I have a very basic grasp of DateTime to string but not sure if the it can be placed in reader.read or not.

My data table contents is this:

And my textBox1 shows this:

Trying to make that text box show "Thu" instead of the date from my code below:

if (btnSearch.Text == "Search")
        {                
            string sqlStmt = @"SELECT * FROM dbo.tbl_employees WHERE emp_id = @emp_id;";


            using (SqlConnection dbCon = new SqlConnection(conStr))
            {

                SqlCommand dbCmd = new SqlCommand(sqlStmt, dbCon);
                dbCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@emp_id", txtSearchID.Text);

                dbCon.Open();

                SqlDataReader reader = dbCmd.ExecuteReader();

                while (reader.Read())
                {                       
                    textBox1.Text = Convert.ToDateTime(reader[1].ToString()).ToShortDateString();
                }

                reader.Close();
                dbCon.Close();
            }
        }

Sql:

[day_received]                       Date   NOT NULL,

Thanks.

Answer 1

Assuming that your reader object is of type MySqlDataReader , a modification of the following should work:

using(var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()){
    if(reader.Read())
        textBox1.Text = reader.GetDateTime(fieldIndex)
                              .ToShortDateString();
}

Answer 2

using(var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{
  if(reader.Read())
  {
    /// Considering GetDateTime returns a DateTime object...
    DateTime dtTemp = reader.GetDateTime(fieldIndex);
    textBox1.Text = dtTemp.toString("dddd");
  }
}

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