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Problem in using the method Convert.ToDateTime(string) Please help me.

Ravinder Reddy

Hi All,

                I have a string s that is "10/29/2006". I want to convert this string to datetime format.

used the method

                          DateTime dt=System.Convert.ToDateTime(s);

                                 But it is giving an error "string was not recognised as a valid datetime. Please help me out.

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shinoy alphonse20y ago
Use this code
DateTime.Parse(txtStartDate.Text).ToString("yyyy/MM/dd")

also i suggest you to chage ur system datetime settings to the above mentioned format
Mahesh Joshi20y ago
Hi, It's a very simple code, I don't know why you are getting an error for this. See the code below --- string s = "10/29/2006"; DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(s);