How to convert date string to date time

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I have a DateTime value as string, the date format may be different each time.
How to convert this string to DateTime?

Posted 6-May-15 3:34am

M. Daban

Updated 6-May-15 3:41am

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Solution 1

You should use Parse method of DateTime - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime.parse%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^]

Posted 6-May-15 3:42am

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-May-15 11:30am

You are missing TryParse, TryParseExact and ParseExact.
—SA

Solution 3

Use DateTime.Parse() function to convert String into DateTime format.

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string strTime ="Wed, 06 May 2015 07:11:21 GMT";<br />
DateTime time = DateTime.Parse(strTime);<br />

Refer the link for more detailed information
http://www.dotnetperls.com/datetime-parse[^]

Posted 6-May-15 4:04am

MayurDighe

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M. Daban 6-May-15 10:47am

this may throw exception according to your system date format

MayurDighe 13-Jul-15 14:33pm

DO you try it..?

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F-ES Sitecore · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-06T03:56:00

You can see if DateTime.TryParse converts it for you, or you can try DateTime.TryParseExact with a list of possible formats one by one until one works. I'd advise against using DateTime.Parse or DateTime.ParseExact as they will raise exceptions if the conversion fails.

In general you should avoid allowing users to enter dates in any format. Either use separate day\month\year boxes or a date picker etc. In some cases you might just have to accept that the date is wrong if the user doesn't follow your preferred convention, eg is 1\2\2015 Jan 2nd or Feb 1st? You can never tell unless you set the locale and format.