In Windows Form, the DateTimePicker control is used to select and display date/time with a specific format in your form. In DateTimePicker control, you are allowed to set a checkbox in the DateTimePicker using the ShowCheckBox Property.
If the value of this property is set to true, then a checkbox display in the DateTimePicker control, otherwise, false. When the checkbox is selected which means the date/time is updated and if the checkbox is unchecked, then you cannot update date/time. You can set this property in two different ways:
1. Design-Time: It is the easiest way to set a checkbox in the DateTimePicker as shown in the following steps:
- Step 1: Create a windows form as shown in the below image:
Visual Studio -> File -> New -> Project -> WindowsFormApp

- Step 2: Next, drag and drop the DateTimePicker control from the toolbox to the form as shown in the below image:

- Step 3: After drag and drop you will go to the properties of the DateTimePicker and set a checkbox in the DateTimePicker as shown in the below image:

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Run-Time: It is a little bit trickier than the above method. In this method, you can set a checkbox in the DateTimePicker control programmatically with the help of given syntax:
public bool ShowCheckBox { get; set; }
The value of this property is of System.Boolean type, either true or false. The default value of this property is false. The following steps show how to set a checkbox in the DateTimePicker dynamically:
- Step 1: Create a DateTimePicker using the DateTimePicker() constructor is provided by the DateTimePicker class.
// Creating a DateTimePicker
DateTimePicker dt = new DateTimePicker();
- Step 2: After creating DateTimePicker, set the ShowCheckBox property of the DateTimePicker provided by the DateTimePicker class.
// Setting the ShowCheckBox property
dt.ShowCheckBox = true;
- Step 3: And last add this DateTimePicker control to the form using the following statement:
// Adding this control to the form
this.Controls.Add(dt);
Example:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApp49 {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load( object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Label lab = new Label();
lab.Location = new Point(183, 162);
lab.Size = new Size(172, 20);
lab.Text = "Select Date of Birth" ;
lab.Font = new Font( "Comic Sans MS" , 12);
this .Controls.Add(lab);
DateTimePicker dt = new DateTimePicker();
dt.Location = new Point(360, 162);
dt.Size = new Size(292, 26);
dt.MaxDate = new DateTime(2500, 12, 20);
;
dt.MinDate = new DateTime(1753, 1, 1);
dt.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Short;
dt.Name = "MyPicker" ;
dt.Font = new Font( "Comic Sans MS" , 12);
dt.ShowCheckBox = true ;
this .Controls.Add(dt);
}
}
}
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Last Updated :
02 Aug, 2019
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