Converting string to date

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How to convert date from textbox.

If i run my webpage in local system it converting string to date but its not working if i run in server.

C#

DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(txt_date.Text);

error message : String was not recognized as a valid DateTime

Posted 27-Feb-14 8:28am

dineshkumar51

Updated 27-Feb-14 8:38am

Maciej Los

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Maciej Los 27-Feb-14 14:40pm

ASP.NET? Please, improve your question and post page code and code behind.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Feb-14 15:10pm

Add the tag: "ASP.NET".
It depends on the input string, which can be in anything, it even can be time, but in different format. This approach makes very little sense.
—SA

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Solution 6

Here you go to follow single culture in common.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bz9tc508.aspx[^]

Posted 28-Feb-14 11:01am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-27T08:46:00

Solution 1

It's going to depend on what the user enters into the textbox: to be honest, he could put anything!
This is why I don't use textboxes: I would suggest a Calendar[^] control instead: it will display in the local user format, but always give you the SelectedDate[^] property, which is a valid DateTime and needs no further conversion.

Posted 27-Feb-14 8:46am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Feb-14 15:08pm

Totally agree, a 5. There are some similar options, please see Solution 2.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-27T09:07:00

Solution 2

OriginalGriff is perfectly right. There are more similar options; please see my past answer: TextBox allow only (HH:mm tt) format using asp.net[^].

—SA

Posted 27-Feb-14 9:07am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

ZurdoDev · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-27T10:12:00

Solution 3

To add to what Solution 1 and 2 have pointed out, you could also use DateTime.TryParse()[^] which attempts to parse it and if it fails then instead of throwing an exception like you are getting it will return a false at which point you can then handle it accordingly.

Posted 27-Feb-14 10:12am

ZurdoDev