string was not recognized as a valid datetime in c#

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Hi i want to convert string into dateTime.
But i got the "string was not recognized as a valid datetime " this error.

My code is:

C#

string valdate = "20140525";
DateTime MyDateTime ;
MyDateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(valdate, "yyyyMMdd ",
              System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;

Posted 3-Jun-14 2:27am

vinodhini sekar

Updated 3-Jun-14 2:28am

DamithSL

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Solution 2

Just add in your code :

MyDateTime=Convert.ToDateTime(valdate);

Posted 3-Jun-14 2:55am

deepankarbhatnagar

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DamithSL · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-03T02:29:00

Solution 1

you have additional space "yyyyMMdd ", remove that and check
but I would use DateTime.TryParseExact Method[^] here as below. We can handle invalid user inputs without throwing an exception. :-)

C#

string valdate = "20140525";
DateTime MyDateTime ;
if(DateTime.TryParseExact(valdate, "yyyyMMdd",
              System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,  System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None,out MyDateTime))
{
    //success and do something with MyDateTime
}

Posted 3-Jun-14 2:29am

DamithSL

Updated 3-Jun-14 2:39am

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vinodhini sekar 3-Jun-14 8:31am

Thanks

DamithSL 3-Jun-14 8:36am

You are welcome!

HardikPatel.SE 3-Jun-14 8:33am

My 5+

DamithSL 3-Jun-14 8:36am

Thank You Hardik Patel :-)

HardikPatel.SE 3-Jun-14 8:38am

Welcome.... :)