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Casey Crookston
Casey Crookston

Reputation: 13945

DateTime.ParseExact() - String was not recognized as a valid DateTime

This:

DateTime newTime = DateTime.ParseExact(sectionDate, "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Throws this:

"String was not recognized as a valid DateTime."

When sectionDate looks like:

"4/3/2017 05:22 PM"

What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6789

Answers (2)

STLDev
STLDev

Reputation: 6164

You must do one of the following:

1) Change your format string to: "M/d/yyyy hh:mm tt"

OR

2) Change your input to: "04/03/2017 05:22 PM"

OR

3) Change your code to:

    DateTime newTime = DateTime.Parse(sectionDate);

Upvotes: 1

tRuEsAtM
tRuEsAtM

Reputation: 3668

This code worked for me

DateTime newTime = DateTime.ParseExact(sectionDate, "M/d/yyyy hh:mm tt", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Either use above formatter or change your sectionDate to "04/03/2017 05:22 PM";

Upvotes: 3

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