I'm using vb.net 2005.
How do convert this date / time 21/08/2008 00:21:00 to a DateTime object ?
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A:
You can use a custom date time format string in conjuction with DateTime.ParseExact or DateTime.TryParseExact.
Dim dateTime as DateTime = _
DateTime.ParseExact("21/08/2008 00:21:00", "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss", _
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
Oded
2010-09-28 08:48:10
@Oded `var` in VB - I think not! ;-)
PhilPursglove
2010-09-28 08:52:33
@PhilPursglove - quite right. Anwser updated...
Oded
2010-09-28 08:54:34
A:
Dim d as DateTime = DateTime.Parse("21/08/2008 00:21:00")
Console.WriteLine(d)
produces this:
21/08/2008 12:21:00 a.m.
Preet Sangha
2010-09-28 08:51:25
Which may fail if the culture of the computer running this is `fr-FR`, for example.
Oded
2010-09-28 08:55:26
true. but there is no mention of culture requirements in the question.
Preet Sangha
2010-09-28 09:03:49
A:
If you want to be sure to parse that format correctly, you should use DateTime.ParseExact with a custom format string matching your pattern (e.g. dd\/MM\/yyyy HH:mm:ss).
Matteo Italia
2010-09-28 08:51:31
A:
I'm using vb.net not c#, my solutions a bit old, but it works
Dim d1 As Date
d1 = CDate("21/08/2008 00:21:00")
Console.WriteLine(d1)
Jules
2010-09-28 08:53:08