Question

If I save the date and time in this format:

string sLogTime = "MMM ddd d HH:mm yyyy";

…what will I then have to do to convert that string into a recognizable value for a SQL Server DateTime column? Something like so:

   DateTime dtLogTime = Convert.ToDateTime(sLogTime);
   . . .
   cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@logDateTime", dtLogTime)); 
   . . .

?

Answer 1

Try using ParseExact or TryParseExact:

string pattern = "MMM ddd d HH:mm yyyy";
DateTime parsedDate;
DateTime.TryParseExact(dateValue, pattern, null, DateTimeStyles.None, out parsedDate);