Convert Date pb

[Franck]

Hi,
'm gettin mad about date conversion.
Here is the point.
Got and add-in for Excel which call functions from a web service (on a
remote server)
The remote server has regional settings set to "en-UK" and date to
dd/MM/yyyy. (I'can't change it !)
One of my function get a string as parameter and convert it to date in
the following format yyyy-mm-dd.
So, Having regional settings set to "fr-ch" (date format dd.mm.yyyy), I

call my function with "31/10/2003"... Works grate (with every date).
Changing regional settings to "en-US" and date to default "M/d/yyyy",
the function do not recognize the date.
I tried to set CurrentThread culture to a specific one, I tried
Date.Parse... I must miss somethin...
Is there a way to get back client date format during request and
convert the string date he filled to yyyy-mm-dd regarding this format ?

Help Please !

[Mythran]

"Franck" <we**********@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
'm gettin mad about date conversion.
Here is the point.
Got and add-in for Excel which call functions from a web service (on a
remote server)
The remote server has regional settings set to "en-UK" and date to
dd/MM/yyyy. (I'can't change it !)
One of my function get a string as parameter and convert it to date in
the following format yyyy-mm-dd.
So, Having regional settings set to "fr-ch" (date format dd.mm.yyyy), I

call my function with "31/10/2003"... Works grate (with every date).
Changing regional settings to "en-US" and date to default "M/d/yyyy",
the function do not recognize the date.
I tried to set CurrentThread culture to a specific one, I tried
Date.Parse... I must miss somethin...
Is there a way to get back client date format during request and
convert the string date he filled to yyyy-mm-dd regarding this format ?

Help Please !

Given a date, you can try DateTime.Parse to return a date...

Let us know how it goes! :)

Mythran

[Franck]

The point is that I can figure out how the user filled the date...
All case worked with a Convert.ToDateTime.

31/12/2005 -> OK
31/12/05 -> OK
12/31/2005 -> OK
12/31/05 -> OK
BUT, when the user send an "ambiguous" date (5/1/2005 could be 5th of
Jan or 1st of May regarding regional date settings) here is
nightmare... If the user is in M/d/yyyy, the Convert.ToDateTime
convert in dd/MM/yyyy

SO, I'm trying to know user's date regional settings in order to make
the correct Date.Parse.

Help :(

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"Franck" <we**********@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
'm gettin mad about date conversion.
Here is the point.
Got and add-in for Excel which call functions from a web service (on a
remote server)
The remote server has regional settings set to "en-UK" and date to
dd/MM/yyyy. (I'can't change it !)
One of my function get a string as parameter and convert it to date in
the following format yyyy-mm-dd.
So, Having regional settings set to "fr-ch" (date format dd.mm.yyyy), I

call my function with "31/10/2003"... Works grate (with every date).
Changing regional settings to "en-US" and date to default "M/d/yyyy",
the function do not recognize the date.
I tried to set CurrentThread culture to a specific one, I tried
Date.Parse... I must miss somethin...
Is there a way to get back client date format during request and
convert the string date he filled to yyyy-mm-dd regarding this format ?

Help Please !

Given a date, you can try DateTime.Parse to return a date...

Let us know how it goes! :)

Mythran