' Create a new 'Uri' object with the mentioned string.
Dim myUri As New Uri("http://www.contoso.com")
' Create a new 'HttpWebRequest' object with the above 'Uri' object.
Dim myHttpWebRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create(myUri), HttpWebRequest)
' Create a new 'DateTime' object.
Dim targetDate As DateTime = DateTime.Now
targetDate.AddDays(-7.0)
myHttpWebRequest.IfModifiedSince = targetDate

Try
  ' Assign the response object of 'HttpWebRequest' to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable.
  Dim myHttpWebResponse As HttpWebResponse = CType(myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
  Console.WriteLine("Response headers for recently modified page" + ControlChars.Cr + "{0}" + ControlChars.Cr, myHttpWebResponse.Headers)
  Dim streamResponse As Stream = myHttpWebResponse.GetResponseStream()
  Dim streamRead As New StreamReader(streamResponse)
  Dim readBuff(256) As [Char]
  Dim count As Integer = streamRead.Read(readBuff, 0, 256)
  Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "The contents of Html Page are :  " + ControlChars.Cr)
  While count > 0
    Dim outputData As New [String](readBuff, 0, count)
    Console.Write(outputData)
    count = streamRead.Read(readBuff, 0, 256)
  End While

  ' Close the Stream object.
  streamResponse.Close()
  streamRead.Close()
  ' Release the HttpWebResponse Resource.
  myHttpWebResponse.Close()
  Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Press 'Enter' key to continue.................")
  Console.Read()
Catch e As WebException
  If e.Response IsNot Nothing
  
    If CType(e.Response,HttpWebResponse).StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.NotModified
      Console.WriteLine((ControlChars.Cr + "The page has not been modified since " + targetDate))
    Else
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Unexpected status code = " + Ctype(e.Response,HttpWebResponse).StatusCode)
    End If
  Else
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Unexpected Web Exception " + e.Message) 
  End If
End Try