Question

string strdate="15/06/2010";

DateTime dt = 
     DateTime.Parse(strdate, 
     System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat);

i cannot able to get the datetime value as dd/mm/yyyy.
it is giving exception ‘string is not recognized as a valid datetime’

oly if it is in 06/15/2010 it is working. how to get the same format in dt.

Answer 1

Well, presumably your thread’s current culture expects MM/dd/yyyy. If you want to use dd/MM/yyyy then you should specify that explicitly. Personally I prefer ParseExact instead of Parse, as that gives more control. I would use something like:

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(strdate, "dd/MM/yyyy",
    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Note that if this is user input, you may want to use TryParseExact instead.