How to convert string with different culture to datetime

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i am having a problem converting a string with different culture to datetime.

I want to convert any format (any culture) to datetime

"Ср, 01.08.2014" Russian format

Please help me to solve this.

Posted 6-Jan-14 19:03pm

hari111r

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dan!sh 7-Jan-14 1:05am

Have you had a look at DateTime.TryParseExact yet?

Karthik_Mahalingam 7-Jan-14 1:10am

as d@nish said, DateTime.PraseExact is enough for conversion in any format.

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Solution 1

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5hh873ya(v=vs.90).aspx[^]

Posted 6-Jan-14 19:07pm

Reshma Babu

Solution 2

Hi,

Try with this:
private static DateTime? ParseDate(string input)
{
DateTime result;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(input, formats, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out result))
{
return result;
}
return null;
}

Regards,
Shree M.

Posted 6-Jan-14 19:09pm

Shree66

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-06T19:13:00

Solution 3

try this.

C#

string datestr  = "01.08.2014";
        string format = "MM.dd.yyyy";
        DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(datestr, format, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Posted 6-Jan-14 19:13pm

Karthik_Mahalingam

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hari111r 7-Jan-14 1:26am

Hi karthik thanks, its working for me using below

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("Ср, 01.08.2014", "ddd, MM/dd/yyyy", Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture);

Is the above will support any timezone??

Karthik_Mahalingam 7-Jan-14 1:42am

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("Ср, 01.08.2014", "ddd, MM/dd/yyyy", Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture);
this line of code is working ??
i am getting string format exception....

hari111r 7-Jan-14 1:58am

I have russian in my region and language settings

Karthik_Mahalingam 7-Jan-14 2:07am

ok. the above set of code not working in for indian region :(