DateTime.Parse throws exception when parsing string

Question

I have some client code that sends date in the following format "1/31/2013 11:34:28 AM";

I am trying to cast it into DateTime object

string dateRequest = "1/31/2013 11:34:28 AM";
DateTime dateTime = DateTime.Parse(dateRequest);

this throws

String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

how can i cast it?

can you elaborate, how can this be resolved? this code is a part of backend that client from different culture in all parts of the world use — user829174
– user829174, Commented Feb 3, 2013 at 13:58
Personally, I would use one of those DateTime.Parse overloads that accept a culture and pass a fixed value. E.g. CultureInfo.InvariantCulture. — Uwe Keim
– Uwe Keim, Commented Feb 3, 2013 at 13:59
This code is coming from Javascript. Can you share code of how to resolve this? — user829174
– user829174, Commented Feb 3, 2013 at 14:00

manojlds · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-03 14:10:32Z

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You will have to use the DateTime.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) overload and specify culture-specific information ( or InvariantCulture).

DateTime.Parse("1/31/2013 11:34:28 AM", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

You can also create a specific culture with something like:

var cultureInfo = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US");

Or use DateTime.ParseExact and specify the format string.

edited Feb 3, 2013 at 14:10

answered Feb 3, 2013 at 14:00

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Richard Slater Over a year ago

You need to be a careful to know the format of the input string, it varies between cultures. f.ex. "1/5/2013 11:34:28 AM" interpreted using the en-US culture results in Saturday January 5 whereas using the en-GB cutlure results in Wednesday May 1.

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