How to capture the only "time" into the database

I've a textbox that displays the current time in this format "hh:mm:ss tt" but when it is save into the database it'll display the date and time together. So how do I save only the time into the database? My codes is as shown below:

txtTime.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()

Dim

parameterDateAs SqlParameter =New SqlParameter("@.Date_5",SqlDbType.DateTime)

parameterDate.Value = txtDate.Text

objCommand.Parameters.Add(parameterDate)

I've tried using Format() but it still get the same results. Can someone help me out? Thanks!

The SQL Datetime datatype will always store a date portion. as effectively all you are doing is storing a time difference since an initial base date/time.

Perhaps change your SQL datatype to varchar and store the time as a string, or else use a constant date along with your time value (IE 1/1/1900).

Dave