Question

Been trying to solve this one for hours…

string date = "2009-09-23T13:00:00"

DateTime t = new DateTime();
t = DateTime.ParseExact(date, "HH:mm", null);

Results in this exception:

System.FormatException was unhandled
Message=”String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.”

Answer 1

t = DateTime.ParseExact(date, "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss", null); 

With ParseExact, you’re trying to take a string and tell the parser exactly what format the string is in. The above line will convert this to a valid DateTime.

If you want to SHOW only the hours and minutes, you would then add the following:

string myString = t.ToString("HH:mm");