Question

I want to convert string date to system datetime in C#. The user enters date through textbox and it should be converted as to datetime. I trid following code but its not working…

DateTime ToDate = Convert.ToDateTime(txtToDate.Text);
DateTime FromDate = DateTime.Parse(txtFromDate.Text);

It shows the following exception
“String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.”

How to do this…???

Answer 1

You could use DateTime.ParseExact(). That way you can specify the format of the input string, so it will be parsed correctly, for example:

dateString = "Sun 15 Jun 2008";
format = "ddd dd MMM yyyy";
try 
{
  DateTime result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
}
catch (FormatException) 
{

}