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Neo
Neo

Reputation: 16219

unable to convert string to date c#

I'm trying to convert string formatted like 09172014 into DateTime

string mydate = "09172014";
DateTime newDate = DateTime.Parse(mydate);

but failed to do so. I know it must be easy trick but getting wierd errors :(`

Upvotes: 0

Views: 582

Answers (5)

Hojin Kim
Hojin Kim

Reputation: 66

Just try this :

string myDate = "09172017"
DateTime newDate = DateTime.ParseExact(myDate, "MMddyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

then you can convert MMddyyyy date to DateTime.

Upvotes: 1

Ahmad Al Sayyed
Ahmad Al Sayyed

Reputation: 596

Try ParseExact:

  string dateString, format;  
  DateTime result;
  CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;

  // Parse date and time with custom specifier.
  dateString = "09172014";
  format = "MMddyyyy";
  try {
     result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
     Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
  }
  catch (FormatException) {
     Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);
  }

More info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w2sa9yss(v=vs.110).aspx

Upvotes: 0

heathesh
heathesh

Reputation: 1041

You should use ParseExact:

var date = DateTime.ParseExact("09172014", "MMddyyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Upvotes: 3

Andrey Korneyev
Andrey Korneyev

Reputation: 26856

You should provide format.

string mydate = "09172014";
DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(mydate, "MMddyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Upvotes: 3

Arijit Mukherjee
Arijit Mukherjee

Reputation: 3875

DateTime dt=DateTime.ParseExact(mydate, "MMddyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Should do the trick for you.

Upvotes: 0

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