Difficulty converting string to date?

Question

I wrote a program that does work with files like delete and update, store, and search And all customers,But the problem I keep getting the following error when I do an update of the file

String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

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This error occurs in the Deserialize method:

        public Order Deserialize(string str)
    {
        Order order = new Order();
        var strOrder = str.Split(',');
        order.Id = int.Parse(strOrder[0]);

        **order.Date = DateTime.Parse(strOrder[1]);**
        order.Price = int.Parse(strOrder[2]);
        order.Description = strOrder[3];
        order.CustomerId = int.Parse(strOrder[4]);

        return order;
    }

You have shown the string in the video, but did you check that strOrder[1] has the intended value? Can you add debug printing there? — Max Yankov
– Max Yankov, Commented Nov 6, 2013 at 21:16

Derek W · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-06 21:39:09Z

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Try Convert.ToDateTime

Edit per comment.

Import System.Globalization and try this:

var cultureInfo = new CultureInfo("en-US");
DateTime dateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(strOrder[1], cultureInfo);

edited Nov 6, 2013 at 21:39

answered Nov 6, 2013 at 21:23

Derek W

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Derek W Over a year ago

How about the other approach?

Ahmed ilyas · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-06 21:18:13Z

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This is most likely to do with the culture settings. you need to specify the formats expected by using one of the overloads for the DateTime.ParseExact methods:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/332de853(v=vs.110).aspx

answered Nov 6, 2013 at 21:18

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