'String was not recognized as a valid DateTime'Error Occurs

[lucindaa]

Hi,
i have a string variable having date as following format "05-01-2010"
when convert this date into DateTime Format i got the following error 'String was not recognized as a valid DateTime'
Please Help me to solve it

[alexis4]

I get from my pc a format like that:
5/1/2010 2:35:08 μμ
If I had English windows I suppose that instead of "μμ" I would get a "pm".

[ThatThatGuy]

string date = "05-01-2010";
Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Parse(date));

This works fine

[Plater]

You will need to use ParseExact/TryParseExact, to supply the date format.
For example:

string StringWithDate = "05-01-2010";
DateTime myDT = DateTime.MinValue;
bool SuccessfullConversion=DateTime.TryParseExact(StringWithDate, "MM-dd-yyyy", null, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out myDT);
//if it returned true, myDT should now be set to correct date
 

Try playing around with it some if need be.