Why this doesn't work?

[KK]

Hi,

I want my users to be able to enter date in any format. Such as
dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy etc...

then I use the following method to see wether this is
a valid date :

try
{
DateTime NewDate = DateTime.Parse("16/11/1976");
return true;
}
catch(FormatException ex)
{
return false;
}

but this always gives me a format exception. My computer
date format is in mm/dd/yyyy , but the date i am trying
to validate is in dd/mm/yyyy. Can't the parse method
recognize that this input date is in dd/mm/yyyy format?

rgds
KK

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

KK <[e-mail]> wrote:

I want my users to be able to enter date in any format. Such as
dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy etc...

then I use the following method to see wether this is
a valid date :

try
{
DateTime NewDate = DateTime.Parse("16/11/1976");
return true;
}
catch(FormatException ex)
{
return false;
}

but this always gives me a format exception. My computer
date format is in mm/dd/yyyy , but the date i am trying
to validate is in dd/mm/yyyy. Can't the parse method
recognize that this input date is in dd/mm/yyyy format?

It doesn't by default - and I think this is a good thing, as otherwise
it wouldn't know what to do if you gave it 06/05/1976.

Use DateTime.ParseExact with the right format.

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[Shakir Hussain]

kk,

you have to define culture info to parse that

try this

DateTime NewDate = DateTime.Parse("16/11/1976", new
System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-GB",true),
System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateD efault);

"en-GB" is English-UK

Shak.
"KK" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hi,

I want my users to be able to enter date in any format. Such as
dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy etc...

then I use the following method to see wether this is
a valid date :

try
{
DateTime NewDate = DateTime.Parse("16/11/1976");
return true;
}
catch(FormatException ex)
{
return false;
}

but this always gives me a format exception. My computer
date format is in mm/dd/yyyy , but the date i am trying
to validate is in dd/mm/yyyy. Can't the parse method
recognize that this input date is in dd/mm/yyyy format?

rgds
KK