Question

I have a Web service that receives dates on this format dd/MM/yyyy.

I realized that it crash cause sometimes I have dates like this one 1/1/2012.

I have no control on what the web service receives.

I tried

    myDate = cDate(myString)

    myDate = Convert.toDatetime(myString)

    myDate = DateTime.ParseExact(myString, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None)

    myDate = Convert.ToDateTime(myString.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"))

Nothing works, so is there any elegant way to do this or I have to split and add “0” when it’s a date like this

Thank you

Answer 1

This works:

myDate = DateTime.ParseExact(myString, 
                             "d/M/yyyy", 
                             CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, 
                             DateTimeStyles.None)

It also works for “01/02/2012”, “21/1/2012”, “1/11/2012” and “12/12/2012”.