Inserting Date error

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I have used ajax:calender control and take date format of dd/MM/yyyy. so when select date in ajax:calender then it display on textbox like 25/11/2013

My problem is..while taking varchar(50) datatype for inserting it into database
it's working fine. but when taking date datatype instead of varchar(50) it gives error 'string is not recognized as a valid datetime' in serverside.

Please Help me....Thanks in Advance...

Posted 27-Nov-13 22:37pm

mayur darji

Updated 27-Nov-13 22:39pm

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Thanks7872 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-27T22:42:00

Solution 1

Try this:

C#

using System.Globalization;
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DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(yourtxtbox.Text, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);//insert this into date field

Posted 27-Nov-13 22:42pm

Thanks7872

Updated 27-Nov-13 22:43pm

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-27T22:51:00

Solution 2

Have a look here: Convert mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy[^]

Posted 27-Nov-13 22:51pm

Maciej Los