String was not recognized as a valid DateTime C# Asp.net

Question

I have date in string format 20/05/2016:

string weekEndDate="20/05/2016"

when convert it to DateTime,An error Occured:

DateTime EndDate = Convert.ToDateTime(weekEndDate);

String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

What is the culture on your server. Is it one that accepts dates in the format `dd/MM/yyyy`? — , May 20 '16 at 07:06
Possible duplicate of [Converting dd/mm/yyyy formatted string to Datetime](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15738608/converting-dd-mm-yyyy-formatted-string-to-datetime) — Vibhesh Kaul, May 20 '16 at 07:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '16 at 07:05

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Try changing your string format to "yyyy-mm-dd" or "yyyy/mm/dd"

answered May 20 '16 at 07:05

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '16 at 07:08

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You can also use DateTime.TryParse method to parse date from any date format. See examples

answered May 20 '16 at 07:08

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Mairaj Ahmad · Answer 3 · 2016-05-20T07:22:18.770

You can use ParseExact method to parse the string into DateTime.

string weekEndDate = "20/05/2016";
DateTime EndDate = DateTime.ParseExact(weekEndDate, "dd/MM/yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Or you can use TryParseExact it will not throw exception if string is not parsed into DateTime

DateTime.TryParseExact(weekEndDate, "dd/MM/yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out EndDate);

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 21 '16 at 06:01

Use TryParseExact

string d1 = "11/18/2016 11:45:44 AM";
string d2 = "11/18/2016 11:45:59 AM";

DateTime frmdate;
DateTime todate;
CultureInfo enUS = new CultureInfo("en-US");
bool f = DateTime.TryParseExact(d1, "M/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss tt", enUS, DateTimeStyles.None, out frmdate);
bool t = DateTime.TryParseExact(d2, "M/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss tt", enUS, DateTimeStyles.None, out todate);

TimeSpan val = frmdate - todate;

String was not recognized as a valid DateTime C# Asp.net

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