Question

When trying to perform the following cast

DateTime issueDate = Convert.ToDateTime(binfile.ReadByte());

(reading .dat files by the way) I get a run time error saying, “Invalid cast from byte to DateTime”

Not sure why I am getting this error, nor how to fix it.

When I use the same approach with a string it works fine,

string firstName = Convert.ToString(binfile.ReadByte());

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

You can’t convert the byte to DateTime. If the dt value is stored as ticks then the code should be

DateTime issueDate = new DateTime(binfile.ReadInt64());