Convert Changing string to DateTime in C#

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I have one date in string "18/07/2013 04:25:28 PM".How to convert this string to DateTime in c#.When I am trying to convert it into Date time I am getting an error "Input String is not in correct Date format"

Was asked trilion times. Try `ParseExact` or `TryParseExact` — Kamil Budziewski, Jul 31 '13 at 08:18
Can you post the code you use to convert that string into a `DateTime`? — Frédéric Hamidi, Jul 31 '13 at 08:18
@Marcus - only in "weird" countries. ;P (dd/MM/yyyy vs. MM/dd/yyyy fight! *popcorn*) — Corak, Jul 31 '13 at 08:21
no code and you can easly find a solution in SO to this without asking — giammin, Jul 31 '13 at 08:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '13 at 08:19

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DateTime.ParseExact(
        "4/4/2010 4:20:00 PM", 
        "M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt", 
        CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

answered Jul 31 '13 at 08:19

Martijn van Put

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He can parse with PM using `ParseExact` – Kamil Budziewski Jul 31 '13 at 08:19
I've changed the example. You must give the tt format with it. – Martijn van Put Jul 31 '13 at 08:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 31 '13 at 08:43

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DateTime d = DateTime.Parse("18/07/2013 04:25:28 PM");
IFormatProvider culture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-GB", true);
DateTime a = DateTime.ParseExact("18/07/2013 04:25:28 PM", "dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt", culture);

Added another mechanism...

edited Jul 31 '13 at 08:43

Soner Gönül

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answered Jul 31 '13 at 08:19

Dr Schizo

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '13 at 08:21

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You can try something like using DateTime.ParseExact using Custom Date and Time Format Strings

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("18/07/2013 04:25:28 PM", "dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt", null);

answered Jul 31 '13 at 08:21

Adriaan Stander

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 31 '13 at 08:23

I propose you the following solution :

DateTime d = DateTime.ParseExact("18/07/2013 04:25:28 PM", 
              "dd/MM/yyyy h:mm:ss tt", 
              CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

To found the format string, I used Custom Date and Time Format Strings in MSDN

Convert Changing string to DateTime in C#

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