Question

I am getting an error when trying to parse a string to datetime.
I have tried this:

string x = "31/5/2012";   
DateTime d = DateTime.ParseExact(x, "dd'/'MM'/'yyyy", new CultureInfo("en-US"));

and

string x = "31/5/2012";
DateTime d = DateTime.ParseExact(x, "dd/MM/yyyy", new CultureInfo("en-US"));

and

string x = "31/5/2012";  
DateTime d = DateTime.ParseExact(x, "dd/MM/yyyy", cultureinfo.invariantculture));

but I’m still getting the same error.

What do I need to do?

Answer 1

DateTime d = DateTime.ParseExact(x, "dd/M/yyyy", new CultureInfo("en-US"));

Since your string date has month as 5 not 05, use single M