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Convert string to DateTime in c#
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I got a string value that actually get from directoryInfo. What i wanted to accomplish is to convert the string value to a date value for making comparison.
The folder name is sample like this C:\FOLD\20111120 and properly another folder path is like this C:\FOLD\20111021
20111120 is actually a date format. I am trying to convert it into date format to made some comparison decide to deleting the whole directory or not.
I think i shall paste my code here
DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(_FolderPath);
foreach (DirectoryInfo f in dir.GetDirectories())
{
String folderName = f.ToString();
DateTime ConDt = Convert.ToDateTime(folderName);
Console.WriteLine(ConDt);
Console.WriteLine(ConDt.GetType());
//Console.WriteLine(folderName.GetType());
//Console.WriteLine(f.GetType());
}
I tried with Convert.toDatetime() and i get error that unable to made the converstion.How can i do so with this?
You should have to use DateTime.TryParseExact.
var newDate = DateTime.ParseExact("20111120",
"yyyyMMdd",
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
OR
string str = "20111021";
string[] format = {"yyyyMMdd"};
DateTime date;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(str,
format,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None,
out date))
{
//valid
}