string to DateTime

[Alejandro Penate-Diaz]

how can I convert a string like this "10/00" meaning octuber/2000 to a valid
DateTime?

Tnx, Alejandro.

 

[Tim Wilson]

Try the DateTime.ParseExact() method.

 

[Guest]

I could be wrong, but I don't think you can since a valid DateTime must have
a Month, Day and Year. Try specifying a 1 for the day but not using when you
display it.

String cStr = “10/1/00â€;
DateTime oDT = DateTime.Parse(cStr);

Hope this helps.
Regards

 

[Alejandro Penate-Diaz]

Thanks, that's exactly what I was planning to do.

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

try DateTime.ParseExact.

Cheers,

 

[Alejandro Penate-Diaz]

Ignacio Machin from UH?

Hi,

try DateTime.ParseExact.

Cheers,

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I could be wrong, but I don't think you can since a valid DateTime must have
a Month, Day and Year.

Fields which aren't specified are defaulted. Try the following program:

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class Test
{
static void Main()
{
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("10/00", "MM'/'yy",
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
Console.WriteLine (dt);
}
}