How to check if a string is in a valid DateTime format?

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Guest

Hello, guys,

what is the easiest way to check if a string is in a valid DateTime format
or not in C#.net?

Thanks.
 
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Sonu Kapoor

Use Convert.ToDateTime(yourstring) inside a try/catch. If it comes inside the catch, then the passed string is probably invalid.

Sonu Kapoor [MVP]
 
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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

Andrew said:
what is the easiest way to check if a string is in a valid DateTime format
or not in C#.net?
Click to expand...

'DateTime.Parse'/'DateTime.ParseExact' + 'try...catch' in .NET 1.*,
'DateTime.TryParse' in .NET 2.0.
 
S

Stoitcho Goutsev \(100\)

Andrew,

I believe that would be DateTime.TryParse (if you want just to check)or
DateTime.Parse.
 

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