Getting Error String was not recognized as a valid DateTime. while Parsing

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Hi,
I am using a small piece of code to validate Date Format in my Project and Getting this Error as
String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

C#

private bool IsValidDate(string date)
       {
           if (date.Equals(string.Empty))
               return false;
           try
           {
               DateTime.Parse(date);
               return true;
           }
           catch
           { return false; }
       }

What I am passing is a String,e.g.("29/09/2010 11:02:50"), which inturns trying to Parse and where this error is coming.
Need help..

Regards
honeyashu

Posted 28-Sep-10 19:40pm

honeyashu

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Rajesh Sajjanar · Answer 1 · 2010-09-28T20:08:00

Solution 1

Hi You ahve to define which date format is required for Ex : DDMMMYYYY or
YYYY MM DD and so on then try use the code below

DateTime.ParseExact(myString,yyyy-MM-dd,  System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

replace YYY-MM-DD with the date format required

Posted 28-Sep-10 20:08pm

Rajesh Sajjanar

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honeyashu 29-Sep-10 2:21am

Tried already:

DateTime.ParseExact(date,"M/dd/yyyy",System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

but getting the same error.

AshiqueAhammed · Answer 2 · 2010-09-28T21:39:00

Solution 2

Hey do this

DateTime.ParseExact(dateString,"dd/MM/yyyy",  System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Posted 28-Sep-10 21:39pm

AshiqueAhammed

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honeyashu 29-Sep-10 3:41am

:) Thanx buddy but tried all those formats as well, problem seems to me is when i am getting string as Data + Time..., but this is what i am getting and needed to convert.