I am getting a string and i want to parse that string as date and want to store it in DataTable.
string can be in formats 1- "2014/23/10" 2- "2014-23-10"
{
string st="2014/23/10";
string st="2014-23-10";
}
And attach time with it.
Any idea to make it possible ?
DateTime.ParseExact
or DateTime.TryParseExact
are appropriate here - both will accept multiple format strings, which is what you need in this case. Make sure you specify the invariant culture so that no culture-specific settings (such as the default calendar) affect the result:
string[] formats = { "yyyy-MM-dd", "yyyy/MM/dd" };
DateTime date;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(input, formats,
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
// Add date to the DataTable
}
else
{
// Handle parse failure. If this really shouldn't happen,
// use DateTime.ParseExact instead
}
If the input is from a user (and is therefore "expected" to be potentially broken, without that indicating an error anywhere in the the system), you should use TryParseExact
. If a failure to parse indicates a significant problem which should simply abort the current operation, use ParseExact
instead (it throws an exception on failure).
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