protected DateTime _CreatedOn = Convert.ToDateTime(DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString());

I thought this method return the date in this format 10/12/2005 but mine is giving me the time too....I just want the date and thats all...is there something wrong with how I am doing this

to just get the date, try specifying the format in the ToString() overload:

DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/zdtaw1bw.aspx

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx

protected DateTime _CreatedOn = DateTime.Today;

_Vendor.CreatedOn = Convert.ToDateTime(lblCreatedOnValue.Text.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")

I get this error when doing it this way

The best overloaded method match for 'string.ToString(System.IFormatProvider)' has some invalid arguments
cannot convert from 'string' to 'System.IFormatProvider'

should be:

_Vendor.CreatedOn = Convert.ToDateTime(lblCreatedOnValue.Text).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");

your CreatedOn object is a datetime object, not a string object. so take out the ToString() at the end and only have this:

_Vendor.CreatedOn = Convert.ToDateTime(lblCreatedOnValue.Text);

then when it comes to showing the CreatedOn property in a string format, just do:

.CreatedOn.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");