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Probably a simple answer to a stupid question.
But i cannot figure it out myself.

I am using

Date.Now().ToString("D")

on a label.
Now i was wondering how you could use a similar string.
But to add 1,2,3 ect... to that.
So that i can have a label for each day of the week in the same format.

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— You can increment the displayed date with DateTime.AddDays and write the result into each label. AddDays returns a new DateTime, so use that value to fill Label.Text. For a single label example:

' show tomorrow in a label
LabelTomorrow.Text = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1).ToLongDateString()

If you have one label per day, put the Label controls into an array and loop. Do this inside Page_Load only when the page is first loaded so postbacks don't keep resetting the labels:

If Not IsPostBack Then
    Dim labels As Label() = {Label1, Label2, Label3, Label4, Label5, Label6, Label7}
    For i As Integer = 0 To labels.Length - 1
        labels(i).Text = DateTime.Now.AddDays(i).ToLongDateString()
    Next
End If

Notes and cautions: AddDays accepts positive and negative values and fractional days. ToLongDateString uses the server's culture and time zone; to control formatting or culture explicitly use the ToString overload with a CultureInfo, and if you need the visitor's local time render the date client-side (JavaScript) or send the client timezone to the server. See the .NET docs for DateTime.AddDays, DateTime.ToLongDateString and the ASP.NET page lifecycle guidance on using IsPostBack (initialization) for more context.

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