Question

I am reading excel file in my C# .net web application and storing that value in Database. Ony of field in Excel is DateTime. I am storing it in string

string tran_time = Convert.ToString(odr[5]); //tran_time is "03-11-2012 16:08:43"

and then convert it in in DateTime and store it in Database (SQL Server 2008)

IFormatProvider culture = new CultureInfo("en-US", true);
DateTime dateVal = DateTime.ParseExact(tran_time, "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss", culture);

But the Value Being stored in Database is in format

2012-05-11 13:40:23.000 (yyyy-mm-dd)

and the value in Excel is 05-11-2012 13:40:23 (dd-mm-yyyy)

Date & Month is get replaced.

My Question is How can i store it in Database in Format (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS:FFF)

Answer 1

Or use yyyy-MM-dd format. Works like a charm:

string myString = dateVal.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");