Question

I have a datepicker control for the users to pick the date, however, they also need to enter the date manually. As such, I need to validate the date entered by the user in the textbox.

Below is the code that I am using to validate

 DateTime Test;
       if ((!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strtdate)))
       {
           bool valid = DateTime.TryParseExact(strtdate, "MM/dd/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out Test);
       }

The date entered by the user is 6/29/2011, however it gives the bool valid value as false though it is correct.

What am I missing here? Please let me know, its urgent.

Thanks.

Answer 1

use the following format “M/dd/yyyy”

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