title: VB.net rearrange string data from 20171019 to 19/10/2017
body: <p>Can anyone assist me with learning how to rearrange data from a format of (example) <code>20171019</code> to <code>19/10/2017</code>?</p>
  
  <p>The <code>20171019</code> is obtained from a SQL query as a string, the data type being <code>nvarchar(255)</code>, but I then want to display it as a standard date format.</p>
  
  <p>Do I somehow assign each character of the string a position (value) and then rearrange those values, or is there a formatting tool built within VB?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you very much for your time and assistance in this matter.</p>