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dateFrom = DateTime.ParseExact(dr["DateFrom"], "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

There's an error,has some invalid argument. Not sure what's the error

Posted 30-Jan-14 20:13pm

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Member 10434230 · Answer 1 · 2014-01-30T20:18:00

Solution 1

dateFrom = DateTime.ParseExact(Convert.ToString(dr["DateFrom"]), "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Posted 30-Jan-14 20:18pm

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Pete O'Hanlon · Answer 2 · 2014-01-30T20:19:00

Solution 2

The DateFrom output is an object, not a string, which is what ParseExact expects.

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dateFrom = DateTime.ParseExact(dr["DateFrom"].ToString(), "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Posted 30-Jan-14 20:19pm

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Rahul VB · Answer 3 · 2014-01-30T20:40:00

Solution 3

Read this
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w2sa9yss(v=vs.110).aspx[^]

Google is your friend, try him. However read this article, try out the examples by your own.

Posted 30-Jan-14 20:40pm

Rahul VB