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IrfanRaza
IrfanRaza

Reputation: 3058

Converting any date format in MM/DD/YYYY format

I am having difficulty with different date formats. I am having a web application created using asp.net c#. I have used JQuery Calendar control which shows date along-with time.

I am then parsing this date using DateTime.Parse(). If the server is set with indian date format then the application generates conversion error "String was not recognized as a valid DateTime."

Is there a way to convert any date format into MM/DD/YYYY format along with time? I know i can use DateTime.ParseExact() but again it will stuck with a particular format.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for sharing you wisdom.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 37179

Answers (5)

Rejeesh
Rejeesh

Reputation: 1254

You can use this code. 

public static CultureInfo CreateCulture(string shortDateFormat)
{

        CultureInfo newCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US");
        newCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = shortDateFormat;
        newCulture.DateTimeFormat.LongDatePattern = shortDateFormat;

        return newCulture;
}

Upvotes: 0

Arcturus
Arcturus

Reputation: 3080

string s;  
 s = dt.ToString("MM-dd-yyyy");
Console.WriteLine(s);//Displays 04-30-2012

Upvotes: 0

Yasir Mahmood
Yasir Mahmood

Reputation: 354

You can create an Extension methods for this you need to create a static class with static method. It will return you a date format that you define in class

public static class DateExtension
    {
        public static string GetDateTime(this DateTime? date)
        {
            if (date.HasValue)
                return date.Value.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy hh:mm tt");
            return string.Empty;
        }
    }

Now in you code you can use this extension for e.g. DateTime.GetDateTime() it will return date with time that with the format you specify in your extension library class

Upvotes: 0

Kamran Pervaiz
Kamran Pervaiz

Reputation: 1931

Convert.ToDateTime(DateTime.Now, CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy hh:MM:ss");

You can replace en-US by hi-IN for Hindi Date or as per you like. please follow link. for Culture Info.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo(v=vs.80).aspx

If you are unsure of Culture then use below line.

Convert.ToDateTime(DateTime.Now, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy hh:MM:ss");

reference here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo.currentculture.aspx

Other Method you can use is.

DateTime dt;
DateTime.TryParse(DateTime.Now.ToString(), out dt);

Upvotes: 3

Deepu Madhusoodanan
Deepu Madhusoodanan

Reputation: 1505

You can try DateTime.Parse or DateTime.TryParse methods

   DateTime.Parse(DateTime.Now).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt");

Also refer

http://www.geekzilla.co.uk/View00FF7904-B510-468C-A2C8-F859AA20581F.htm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx

Thanks

Deepu

Upvotes: 1

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