Convert string to datetime

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want to convert string into date time.when the day is geater then 12 it gives execption that "input wase not in correct format". pleasr help me out

C#

string Date="30/05/2014";

 if (Date != null)
                {
                    string returnDate = DateTime.Parse(Date).ToString("yyyy/MM/dd");// Error on this line when day is greater than 12
                    return Convert.ToDateTime(returnDate);
                }
                else
                {
                    return DateTime.Now;
                }

Posted 15-Jun-14 23:59pm

fak_farrukh

Updated 16-Jun-14 0:00am

Nirav Prabtani

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Solution 3

Refer String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.[^] to understand why exactly this issue occur and how to resolve.

Posted 16-Jun-14 0:05am

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

Solution 4

Try

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DateTime.ParseExact(Date, ("yyyy/MM/dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Posted 16-Jun-14 0:05am

ArunRajendra

Solution 5

try this

DateTime dt;
DateTime.TryParseExact(dateTime, 
                       "yyyy/MM/dd", 
                       CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, 
                       DateTimeStyles.None, 
                       out dt);

Posted 16-Jun-14 0:08am

Animesh Datta

Solution 1

Use DateTime.ParseExact[^] for that...

C#

DateTime.ParseExact("30/05/2014", "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Posted 16-Jun-14 0:03am

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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fak_farrukh 16-Jun-14 6:04am

i want to convert into "yyyy/MM/dd" this format

Thanks7872 16-Jun-14 7:25am

Datetime doesn't have format. If you want specific format,that is the string which represents the date in specific format.

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DamithSL · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-16T00:03:00

DateTime.ParseExact[^] Or DateTime.TryParseExact[^]

C#

string returnDate = DateTime.ParseExact(Date, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString("yyyy/MM/dd");

Why you call convert DateTime to string and again convert back to DateTime?
You can use one of the above method to convert string to DateTime. No need to convert it back to string and then again to a DateTime. You need to understand that DateTime structure hold only the value and there is no display format. when we need to display it in any format we can call ToString or string.Format methods to convert it to a string with given format.