[c#] Converting dd/mm/yyyy formatted string to Datetime

I am new to DotNet and C#. I want to convert a string in mm/dd/yyyy format to DateTime object. I tried the parse function like below but it is throwing a runtime error.

DateTime dt=DateTime.Parse("24/01/2013");

Any ideas on how may I convert it to datetime?

This question is related to c# string datetime

The answer is


use DateTime.ParseExact

string strDate = "24/01/2013";
DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(strDate, "dd/MM/YYYY", null)

null will use the current culture, which is somewhat dangerous. Try to supply a specific culture

DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(strDate, "dd/MM/YYYY", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

You can use "dd/MM/yyyy" format for using it in DateTime.ParseExact.

Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent using the specified format and culture-specific format information. The format of the string representation must match the specified format exactly.

DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact("24/01/2013", "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Here is a DEMO.

For more informations, check out Custom Date and Time Format Strings