Date Format Problem?

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Dear Fellows,
I want to give date format like dd/MM/yyyy in two textboxes. But it is giving this excpetion ("String was not recognized as a valid DateTime"). I am giving follwing code. Plz help me out.

private void frmOrdersAcknowledgement_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            txtFromDate.Text = DateTime.Now.Date.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");
            txtToDate.Text = DateTime.Now.Date.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");
                   }

private void btnSearchOrders_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
           
    try {
DateTime dtFrom = Convert.ToDateTime(txtFromDate.Text);
DateTime dtTo = Convert.ToDateTime(txtToDate.Text);
gvOrderAcknowledge.DataSource = orderBL.GetAllOrders(dtFrom, dtTo, cbxShops.SelectedValue.ToString());
   }
            
   catch { }

        }

Posted 27-Jul-10 2:56am

touseef4pk

Updated 27-Jul-10 2:58am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2010-07-27T03:08:00

Try removing the ".Date" bit:

txtFromDate.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

And then use DateTime.Parse or DateTime.TryParse (preferred) to convert back from a string to a DateTime.

BTW: Don't keep using DateTime.Now, it is re-generated each time you do that.
Get into the habit of reading it once, as it can eliminate strange errors later on - the time can change between sucessive reads.

DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
txtFromDate.Text = now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");
txtToDate.Text = now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");