Question

i am using debugger following is my code when i give input for date dateOfBirth is=10/08/2010 (dd//mm/yy format) but the birthDate variable having value={1/10/2010 12:08:00 AM}
and string outPut have value=08/10/YY
and on taking my debugger to next step to date=Convert.ToDateTime(outPut) it throws exception “The string was not recognized as a valid DateTime. There is a unknown word starting at index 6.”
Whats wrong with all this please let me know how to convert date time format dd/mm/yyyy to date for mate for sql server 2005

following is my code

  DateTime? date = null;
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(DOB.Text.Trim()))
                    {
                        string dateOfBirth = DOB.Text.Trim();
                        DateTime birthDate = DateTime.ParseExact(dateOfBirth, "dd/mm/yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
                        string outPut = birthDate.ToString("mm/dd/YY");
                        date = Convert.ToDateTime(outPut);
                    }

Answer 1

From your comment I understand what you are trying to do now, Convert a ‘dd/MM/yyyy’ date to a DateTime, the following code should do it

      DateTime? date = null;
      if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(DOB.Text.Trim()))
      {
        System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo dateInfo = new System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo();
        dateInfo.ShortDatePattern = "dd/MM/yyyy"; 
        date = Convert.ToDateTime(DOB.Text.Trim(), dateInfo);
      }