How to parse date in datetime object?

Question

IDE: VS 2010, c# .net

I m having a textbox1 which is containg date

i.e

textbox1.text = "16/04/2014"

And I am having a datetime object

Datetime dt ;
dt = DateTime.Parse(textbox1.text);
//trying to set date in dt from the textbox1.text value

but it is returning String was not recognized as a valid DateTime. error.

pls tell the correct way.

That string seems to be in this format dd/MM/yyyy, if your locale settings are different then you get that error. — Steve, Apr 16 '14 at 07:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 16 '14 at 07:45

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This should do the trick in your format:

DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(textbox1.text);

You can read more about it here.

answered Apr 16 '14 at 07:45

Omri Aharon

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

0

You will need to specify the format your string is in, to get it parsed correctly.

You can use DateTime.ParseExact.

See this answer for more information: Have a look at this answer: datetime.parse and making it work with a specific format

Use

DateTime.ParseExact((textbox1.Text, "dd/MM/yyyy", null);

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

Community

answered Apr 16 '14 at 07:44

Dr.Elch

DateTime.ParseExact(textbox1.Text, "dd/MM/yyyy", null); – Kevin Hogg Apr 16 '14 at 08:42

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 16 '14 at 07:47

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You can use like this :

string format = "dd/MM/yyyy";

DateTime dateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(textbox1.text, format,
        CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

answered Apr 16 '14 at 07:47

Seçkin Durgay

3 Answers3