String was not recognized as a valid DateTime when converting long date in short date in c#

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String was not recognized as a valid DateTime error shows when i am trying to convert date. By default my date is in

Fri Apr 03 10:12:00 IST 2015

format.I want to convert it in "MM/dd/yyyy" i.e in en-US short date.

CurrentStartTransactionManagement.Text = pTask.StartDate.ToString();
In the above line of code i am trying to convert the date and displaying it in the textbox. But when i do that the date is displayed in this

Fri Apr 03 10:12:00 IST 2015

format. But actually i want to display date in 04/03/2015 format.

Posted 19-Nov-15 20:24pm

maheshgulve

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[no name] 20-Nov-15 2:41am

your date should be like this "Fri Apr 03 2015 10:12:00".

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Tomas Takac · Answer 1 · 2015-11-19T20:31:00

Solution 1

You need to use an overload of ToString() on DateTime[^] that takes format string and format provider:

C#

pTask.StartDate.ToString("d", new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US"))

Posted 19-Nov-15 20:31pm

Tomas Takac

Updated 19-Nov-15 21:04pm

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Suvendu Shekhar Giri · Answer 2 · 2015-11-19T20:32:00

Solution 2

Try-

C#

CurrentStartTransactionManagement.Text = pTask.StartDate.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");

Posted 19-Nov-15 20:32pm

Suvendu Shekhar Giri

Arasappan · Answer 3 · 2015-11-19T20:36:00

C#

System.Globalization.CultureInfo cultureinfo =        new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
   CurrentStartTransactionManagement.Text = pTask.StartDate.ToString();
   DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse( CurrentStartTransactionManagement.Text , cultureinfo);

C#

DateTime dof = new DateTime();

                       System.Globalization.CultureInfo c1 = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US", true);
                       dof = DateTime.Parse(CurrentStartTransactionManagement.Text.Trim(), c1, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateDefault);