Convert dd/mm/YYYY to datetime

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Hello all,

I have a date in textbox which is in the format of dd/mm/yyyy
when i try to convert this datetime to datetime

i mean

C#

DateTime dt=Convert.ToDateTime(txtDate.text);

it throws me error

HTML

Format Exception was Unhandled by user code
String was not recognised as valid datetime

my textbox has date as 21/10/2013

C#

DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(txtRStartDate.Text);
      DateTime dtChanged = dt.AddYears(1);
      dtChanged = dtChanged.AddDays(-1);
      txtREDate.Text = Convert.ToString(dtChanged);

It throws me error invalid format exception

any SOlutions. plz..
Regards,
SUNIL MALI.

Posted 25-May-13 2:23am

sunil mali

Updated 25-May-13 22:20pm

Kenneth Haugland

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2013-05-25T02:33:00

Solution 1

Use ParseExact, or TryParseExact:

C#

DateTime dt;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateStrignFromUser, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out dt))
   {
   // OK, use it.
   }
else
   {
   // Report problem to user
   }

Posted 25-May-13 2:33am

OriginalGriff

sivakumarganga · Answer 2 · 2013-05-25T22:18:00

Hello SUNIL MALI,

This kind of issue will arise, if your system (server if it is web app/where this app running), Date Time format is different from your coding format, it may like MM/dd/YY, chekc this
Modify that to dd/MM/yyyy as your format is like this 21/10/2013, then you can get this work

then User following

C#

DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(txtRStartDate.Text);
        DateTime dtChanged = dt.AddYears(1);
        dtChanged = dtChanged.AddDays(-1);
        txtREDate.Text = Convert.ToString(dtChanged);

Thanks
Happy Coding

renish patel · Answer 3 · 2013-05-27T02:01:00

you can get idea from this...

IFormatProvider provider = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-CA", true);
String datetime = TextBox1.Text.Trim();
DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(datetime, provider, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateDefault);
Response.Write(dt.Date.ToString());

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