DateTime.Parse

[Paul Beckett]

Does anyone know how to prevent an error when using DateTime.Parse?

I am using it to format the display of dates in my database. However, some
dates are empty and so I get an error when I try to run my webpage.

Help please!!

paul Beckett

[Peter Rilling]

You can't prevent an error. Obviously if you try to turn "acbxyz" into a
date you will get an error.

You need to catch it in a try...catch block.

A better way might be to test prior to calling Parse to see if your value is
an empty string, then just don't call Parse.

"Paul Beckett" <pa**********@lineone.net> wrote in message
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Does anyone know how to prevent an error when using DateTime.Parse?

I am using it to format the display of dates in my database. However, some
dates are empty and so I get an error when I try to run my webpage.

Help please!!

paul Beckett

[Paul Beckett]

All I really want to do is prevent the date appearing as, say, 20/02/2004
00:00:00

There must (surely) be an easy way to do this??

Paul
"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
news:OA****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

You can't prevent an error. Obviously if you try to turn "acbxyz" into a
date you will get an error.

You need to catch it in a try...catch block.

A better way might be to test prior to calling Parse to see if your value is an empty string, then just don't call Parse.

"Paul Beckett" <pa**********@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:c1**********@hercules.btinternet.com...

Does anyone know how to prevent an error when using DateTime.Parse?

I am using it to format the display of dates in my database. However, some dates are empty and so I get an error when I try to run my webpage.

Help please!!

paul Beckett

[Paul Beckett]

I've sorted it out - you use

<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Date", "{0:dd MMM yyyy}") %>

Thanks

"Paul Beckett" <pa**********@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:c1**********@hercules.btinternet.com...

All I really want to do is prevent the date appearing as, say, 20/02/2004
00:00:00

There must (surely) be an easy way to do this??

Paul
"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
news:OA****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

You can't prevent an error. Obviously if you try to turn "acbxyz" into a

date you will get an error.

You need to catch it in a try...catch block.

A better way might be to test prior to calling Parse to see if your

value is

an empty string, then just don't call Parse.

"Paul Beckett" <pa**********@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:c1**********@hercules.btinternet.com...

Does anyone know how to prevent an error when using DateTime.Parse?

I am using it to format the display of dates in my database. However,

some dates are empty and so I get an error when I try to run my webpage.

Help please!!

paul Beckett

[Peter Rilling]

I see, you didn't so much want to prevent error but rather wanted to create
a date from a non-standard format.

"Paul Beckett" <pa**********@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:c1**********@hercules.btinternet.com...

I've sorted it out - you use

<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Date", "{0:dd MMM yyyy}") %>

Thanks

"Paul Beckett" <pa**********@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:c1**********@hercules.btinternet.com...

All I really want to do is prevent the date appearing as, say, 20/02/2004

00:00:00

There must (surely) be an easy way to do this??

Paul
"Peter Rilling" <pe***@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
news:OA****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

You can't prevent an error. Obviously if you try to turn "acbxyz"

into

a date you will get an error.

You need to catch it in a try...catch block.

A better way might be to test prior to calling Parse to see if your

value

is

an empty string, then just don't call Parse.

"Paul Beckett" <pa**********@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:c1**********@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Does anyone know how to prevent an error when using DateTime.Parse?
>
> I am using it to format the display of dates in my database.

However, some

> dates are empty and so I get an error when I try to run my webpage.
>
> Help please!!
>
> paul Beckett
>
>