Question

private bool ValidDateCheck(){

 bool _isValid = true;
 try{
  DateTime.Parse("07/&*/2009");
  DateTime d = Convert.ToDateTime("07/&*/2009");
 }
 catch{
  _isValid = false;
 }
 return _isValid;
}

How does the above code not throw an exception?

Answer 1

This is from the .NET 1.1 documentation:

The string s is parsed using the
formatting information in a
DateTimeFormatInfo initialized for the
current culture.

This method attempts to parse s
completely and avoid throwing
FormatException. It ignores
unrecognized data if possible and
fills in missing month, day, and year
information with the current time. If
s contains only a date and no time,
this method assumes 12 A.M. Any
leading, inner, or trailing white
space character in s is ignored.

Parameter s must contain the
representation of a date and time in
one of the formats described in the
DateTimeFormatInfo topic.

I am unable to test this as the earliest version I can build with in VS2008 is 2.0.