How to Convert a Date String with Format “dd/MM/yyyy” to OS Current Culture Date Format

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A string has the value in "dd/MM/yyyy" format like "04/10/2012". This should be converted to a Date w.r.t Current Culture of OS.

I have tried below string with Korean as Current Culture of OS in which date format is yyyy-MM-dd, my code is not getting correct Month value, it interchange the month value with day:

Input: "04/10/2012"
Output: 2012-04-10

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C#

DateTime DT;
            string dt = "04/10/2012";
            
            DateTimeFormatInfo DateInfo = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat;
            DT = Convert.ToDateTime(String.Format ("{0:"+DateInfo .ShortDatePattern +"}", dt.Trim ()), CultureInfo .CurrentCulture);
            MessageBox.Show("Date: " + DT.ToShortDateString());

How I ca fix that ?

Posted 3-Oct-12 22:00pm

Itz.Irshad

Updated 3-Oct-12 22:01pm

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Solution 1

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DateTime DT;
            string dt = "04/10/2012";
            
            DateTimeFormatInfo DateInfo = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat;
            DT = Convert.ToDateTime(String.Format ("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", dt.Trim ()), CultureInfo .CurrentCulture);
            MessageBox.Show("Date: " + DT.ToShortDateString());

Posted 3-Oct-12 22:29pm

ahmedmohamednour

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Quirkafleeg · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-03T22:40:00

Solution 2

string dt = "04/10/2012";
DateTime DT = DateTime.ParseExact(dt, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
MessageBox.Show("Date: " + DT.ToShortDateString());

Please note that this will not work if your "dt" string is in a different format - the Pandora's Box of Pain will open...

Posted 3-Oct-12 22:40pm

Quirkafleeg