Question

I want to convert a String to Datetime. I’m getting an error This is not a valid datetime.

The string I want to convert and code are as follows.

string date1 = "9/13/2012 5:26:06 PM";
TimePart = DateTime.ParseExact(date1, "M/d/yyyy HH:mm:ss tt", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Answer 1

You need to use the lowercase h:

DateTime TimePart = DateTime.ParseExact(
                                date1,
                                "M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt",
                                CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Console.WriteLine(TimePart); // 09/13/2012 17:26:06

Uppercase “H” is 24-hour time, lowercase “h” is 12-hour time with AM/PM.