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LokiDil
LokiDil

Reputation: 207

Converting Invalid DateTime

I need to Convert DateTime from UTC to local time, For that I had Validated the date time before converting to local time using TimeZoneInfo IsInValidTime method.

I'm getting Invalid date time for a particular date time, How to convert this date to a valid one?

Here is the Sample code:

_timeZoneInfo = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Central Standard Time");
var dateTime = "10/03/2013 2:12:00 AM";
DateTime universalFormatDateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(dateTime).GetUniversalFormatDateTime();
if (_timeZoneInfo.IsInvalidTime(universalFormatDateTime)) Console.Write("Invalid DateTime\n");

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2612

Answers (3)

codingadventures
codingadventures

Reputation: 2952

You should specify the DateTimeKind of your Date time. Add this before perform the validation:

universalFormatDateTime = DateTime
   .SpecifyKind(universalFormatDateTime,DateTimeKind.Local);

Upvotes: 0

Daro
Daro

Reputation: 2020

What framework are you using?

Isn't ToUniversalTime() the correct choice?

DateTime universalFormatDateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(dateTime).ToUniversalTime()

Upvotes: 1

Denys Denysenko
Denys Denysenko

Reputation: 7894

I guess this is what you're trying to achieve:

_timeZoneInfo = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Central Standard Time");
var dateTime = "10/03/2013 2:12:00 AM";
DateTime universalFormatDateTime = Convert
                                  .ToDateTime(dateTime, new CultureInfo("en-GB"))
                                  .ToUniversalTime();
if (_timeZoneInfo.IsInvalidTime(universalFormatDateTime))
    Console.WriteLine("Invalid DateTime");
else
    Console.WriteLine("Valid DateTime");

You can look at the Convert.ToDateTime articke for future reference.

Upvotes: 0

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