Question

I’m trying to parse the following UK format DateTime string: 24/01/2013 22:00

However, I keep getting this error:

String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

CultureInfo.CurrentCulture returns “en-GB” which is correct

Here is my code

    [TestMethod]
    public void TestDateTimeParse()
    {
        DateTime tester = DateTime.ParseExact("24/01/2013 22:00", "d/M/yyyy hh:mm", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);

        int hours = tester.Hour;
        int minutes = tester.Minute;

        Assert.IsTrue(true);
    }

Answer 1

hh is for 12 hour clocks. You should be using HH instead.

DateTime.ParseExact("24/01/2013 22:00", 
                    "d/M/yyyy HH:mm", // <-- here
                    CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)