Take input in the follwing format.

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string input;
        DateTime db;
        Console.WriteLine("Enter Date in this Format(DD-MM-YYYY):");
        input = Console.ReadLine();

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I tried to enter the date in given format but it gives me format error how can i solve this?

Posted 27-Apr-16 22:23pm

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Updated 27-Apr-16 22:33pm

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Answer 1 · 2016-04-27T22:33:00

try this

C#

DateTime db;
      Console.WriteLine("Enter Date in this Format(DD-MM-YYYY):");
       string input = Console.ReadLine();
       string[] formats = { "d-M-yyyy", "d-MM-yyyy", "dd-M-yyyy", "dd-MM-yyyy" };
       db = DateTime.ParseExact(input, formats, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None);

for parsing with validation use this

C#

if (DateTime.TryParseExact(input, formats, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out db))
           {
               DateTime date = db;
           }