DateTime Conversion C#

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Hi,

I have a problem while converting date which is entered by user in format of 'MM-dd-yyyy'.
I used

dt = convert.todatetime(txt_date.text);

but it shows error as String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

Eg. I want to convert date "06-16-2011" as datetime using convert.todatetime.

Posted 15-May-11 20:47pm

ashok4988

Updated 15-May-11 23:48pm

ambarishtv

v4

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Dalek Dave 16-May-11 4:16am

Edited for Grammar and Readability.

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Solution 7

try
 {

  CultureInfo format_dt = new CultureInfo(en-US);
  dt = DateTime.ParseExact(txt_date.Text, "MM-dd-yyyy", format_dt)
 }
 catch (FormatException)
 {
  Messagebox.show(FormatException.show);
}

This is working

Posted 15-May-11 22:31pm

ashok4988

Updated 15-May-11 22:48pm

v2

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ambarishtv 16-May-11 4:46am

my 5 for "FormatException" handling :)

Solution 5

dt = convert.todatetime(txt_date.text.ToString("MM-dd-yyyy"));

Posted 15-May-11 21:44pm

Prasanta_Prince

Solution 6

DateTime date= DateTime.ParseExact(dtText.Text, "MM-dd-yyyy", null);

Use it .

It may help you

Posted 15-May-11 21:47pm

Mohd Wasif

Solution 3

DateTime.TryParseExact() is the best way to convert string with custom format to DateTime datatype

C#

string myDate = "06-16-2011";
            DateTime dt;
             
            //verify given date is valid or not
            if (DateTime.TryParseExact(myDate, "dd-mm-yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,     System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out dt))
            {
               //

            }
            else
            {
             //invalid date format
            }

link
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h9b85w22.aspx[^]

Posted 15-May-11 21:25pm

ambarishtv

Updated 15-May-11 22:53pm

v5

Solution 2

try this

//check for one more Thing TextBox1.Text should not be empty before converting
string dt = TextBox1.Text;
DateTime k = Convert.ToDateTime(dt);

Posted 15-May-11 21:18pm

Mahendra.p25

Solution 4

try

string dtText = TextBox1.Text;
Label1.Text = Convert.ToDateTime(dtText).ToString();

Posted 15-May-11 21:26pm

Ra-one

Solution 8

You can use DateTime.Parse or DateTime.ParseExact instead of Convert.ToDate

Try out below link,

[link]

Posted 15-May-11 23:55pm

Pratik Bhesaniya

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-15T21:00:00

Solution 1

If you want to convert a string to a date time, and it is going to always be in a specific format, rather than the culture of the PC it is running on, then use the DateTime.ParseExact[^] Method:

dt = Date.ParseExact("05-16-2011","dd-MM-yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

Posted 15-May-11 21:00pm

OriginalGriff

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Dalek Dave 16-May-11 4:17am

This is true.

ambarishtv 16-May-11 4:43am

hi,
the given syntax is not valid one.
how to manage when txt_date.text is invalid date format.

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