error in converting dd/mm/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy in c#

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What i want to do is to convert dd/mm/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy in asp.net (using c#). for that what i have done is :

C#

var s = "dd/MM/yyyy";
        var d = s.Split('/')[1] + "/" + s.Split('/')[0] + "/" + s.Split('/')[2];

and call it like:

obj.DOB = Convert.ToDateTime(d);

it is my BL and giving error -->

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The string was not recognized as a valid DateTime. There is a unknown word starting at index 0.

why? What is wrong.. My calendar format is dd/mm/yy.

Posted 4-Jul-13 20:34pm

Updated 4-Jul-13 20:35pm

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**Nirav Prabtani** · Answer 1 · 2013-07-04T20:37:00

try this..:)

C#

string oldstr = "03/12/2011";   
string strDate = DateTime.ParseExact(oldstr, "dd/MM/yyyy",null).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");

Posted 4-Jul-13 20:37pm

Updated 4-Jul-13 20:45pm

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Comments

Rambo_Raja 5-Jul-13 2:43am

hi ... writing this shows error as CultureInfo doesnot exist in current context.

Nirav Prabtani 5-Jul-13 2:46am

try my updated solution...:)

Sushil Mate 5-Jul-13 2:46am

using System.Globalization;