How do I..convert date in the textbox to datetime formate in sql server

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employee.DateOfBirth = Convert.ToDateTime(txtDateOfBirth.Text.Trim()).ToString();

throwing an exception ie,

String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

Posted 18-Nov-14 7:00am

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2014-11-18T07:57:00

Solution 2

I'd suggest to use DateTime.TryParse[^] method instead of Convert.ToDateTime. MSDN mention: "(it) converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent using the specified culture-specific format information and formatting style, and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded".

Posted 18-Nov-14 7:57am

Maciej Los

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Manas Bhardwaj 18-Nov-14 14:16pm

Yes +5!

Maciej Los 18-Nov-14 14:18pm

Thank you, Manas ;)

DamithSL · Answer 2 · 2014-11-18T08:00:00

Solution 3

issue is in Convert.ToDateTime(txtDateOfBirth.Text.Trim())
if you know the date time format, try with DateTime.ParseExact or DateTime.TryParseExact

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DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(txtDateOfBirth.Text.Trim(), "MM/dd/yyyy", null);
//if the date format is MM/dd/yyyy 
// sample date 19/11/2014

Posted 18-Nov-14 8:00am

DamithSL

Updated 18-Nov-14 8:07am

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Manas Bhardwaj 18-Nov-14 14:16pm

Yup +5!

Manas Bhardwaj · Answer 3 · 2014-11-18T08:15:00

You could do something like this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ch92fbc1(v=vs.110).aspx[^]

C#

DateTime dateValue;

if (DateTime.TryParse(txtDateOfBirth.Text.Trim(), out dateValue))
{
      employee.DateOfBirth = dateValue.ToString();
}
else
{
      //Can not parse the given date
}

However, what I do not understand that you parse a string to date and then convert it again to string. You might want to think about it.

André Kraak · Answer 4 · 2014-11-18T07:23:00

Solution 1

Remove the ToString from the end:

C#

employee.DateOfBirth = Convert.ToDateTime(txtDateOfBirth.Text.Trim());

Posted 18-Nov-14 7:23am

André Kraak