converting string to date

[Daniel Patriak]

hello!

Anybody knows if there is a method in C#, that can convert date given as
string, using date format given as string (like DD/MM/YYYY, DD-MM-YYYY) ?

Please help!
I couldn't find it in MSDN!

Thanks
Daniel

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Anybody knows if there is a method in C#, that can convert date given as
string, using date format given as string (like DD/MM/YYYY, DD-MM-YYYY) ?

Look at DateTime.ParseExact.

 

[Daniel Patriak]

Ok, but how to force this method to respect my format. There was usend
culture in example, but all I have is date format as a string. I don't know
how to create Culture using this format.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Ok, but how to force this method to respect my format. There was usend
culture in example, but all I have is date format as a string. I don't know
how to create Culture using this format.

You can specify Culture.InvariantCulture. You specify the format as
another of the parameters.

 

[Daniel Patriak]

Ok, that works. BIG THANKS. I've lost much time for searching.

Greetings from Poland!!!

 

[Miha Markic [MVP C#]]

Hi Daniel,

Or, if you want custom format you might do something like:
string datestr = "21/01/2004";

CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("sl-SI", true);

ci.DateTimeFormat.DateSeparator = "/";

ci.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd/MM/yyyy";

DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(datestr, ci);