How to chage the system format date

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Hi,

I have a requirement where i need to changes the date format from dd/mm/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy and vice versa.

I have a problem with dates having 12/13/2006 or 13/12/2007. That means there is a problem of converting 12 and 13. Can anyone please help me on this how to resolve?

dataGridView1.Rows[rowindex].Cells[index].Value = Convert.ToDateTime(Column[i]).ToString(StaticVar.DateFormat);

What I have tried:

I tried changing the format in multiple times but didn
t worked.

Posted 27-Jun-16 16:34pm

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Updated 27-Jun-16 18:01pm

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Member 12599256 · Answer 1 · 2016-06-27T18:01:00

Solution 1

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DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("13/12/2006", "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
string dtNew = dt.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

For the problem "12/13" or "13/12", you must know, in what cultureinfo you are right now. So that you can convert it in the right way. If you want to catch exception, that is also not possible, because these 2 dates are OK : 1/2 or 2/1 -> Jan 2nd or Feb 1st

Posted 27-Jun-16 18:01pm

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Member 8010354 28-Jun-16 2:51am

Actually i have a file where the date field will have multiple dates. So if it is in dd/mm, i have to change it to mm/dd. If it is in mm/dd, i have to change it to dd/mm. So that is what my task is.