Date time Conversion in c#

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If I write this code then it shows error :
DateTime.TryParse(DTLocal.Rows[0]["Date"].ToString())
But the following does not show any error :
DateTime Date=DateTime.Parse(DTLocal.Rows[0]["Date"].ToString());
Please explain what is the reason for such conversion.

Posted 27-Apr-13 19:40pm

Sumon562

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-27T19:58:00

You have not told us the error you got, but I am pretty sure it is a compile time one, since TryParse is expecting a second out bound parameter (see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ch92fbc1.aspx[^]).
The difference is there in on the msdn manual page:

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The DateTime.TryParse(String, DateTime) method is similar to the DateTime.Parse(String) method, except that the TryParse(String, DateTime) method does not throw an exception if the conversion fails.

See this short sample code:

C#

DateTime theDT1;
bool result1 = DateTime.TryParse("2013.01.01", out theDT1); // date is converted, resutl is true

DateTime theDT2;
bool result2 = DateTime.TryParse("not a date", out theDT2); // date is not converted, result is false

DateTime theDT3 = DateTime.Parse("not a date"); // date is not converted, exception thrown