Question

I have compiled the below code in c#

string datetime = String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt}", root.SelectSingleNode("lasttime").InnerText);



lastUpdateTimestamp = DateTime.ParseExact(datetime, "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);

but in output i am getting lastUpdateTimestamp is 2/8/2013 7:00:24 AM instead of 02/08/2013 07:00:24 AM

Any idea what i am missing?

After getting this value i am running a query and getting this error

Invalid month in timestamp "2": cannot find leading zero [SQL query syntax invalid or unsupported.]

Hi All , i got the solution , Rather than passing lastUpdateTimestamp i am now taking date in a string variable and teking its value in proper format. Its working

Answer 1

root.SelectSingleNode("lasttime").InnerText returns a string.

You are trying to use a DateTime format specifier to format a string.

Not sure what you are trying to do but something like this should work

string xmlstring = root.SelectSingleNode("lasttime").InnerText;
DateTime parsed = DateTime.ParseExact(xmlstring, "M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt");

string datetime = string.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt}", parsed);