DateTime.TryParseExact not working with expected string

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Hi I have the following method and I'm passing it the value "07 Jan 2014 13:48:46" and from what I understand the TryParseExact should be matching the format "dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss" and returning true, however it is returning false, any ideas?

string[] formats= {"dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm:ss",
                   "dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss",
                   "dd MMM yyyy",
                   "hh-mm-ss",
                   "dd-MM-yyyy",
                   "dd-MM-yy",
                  };

 DateTime result;
 if (DateTime.TryParseExact(value, formats, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out result))
 {
     return result;
 }
 return null;

What is CurrentCulture?

ken2k
– ken2k

2014-02-25 15:53:42 +00:00
Commented Feb 25, 2014 at 15:53 — ken2k
– ken2k, Commented Feb 25, 2014 at 15:53
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture is en-GB

Nick Spicer
– Nick Spicer

2014-02-25 15:55:46 +00:00
Commented Feb 25, 2014 at 15:55 — Nick Spicer
– Nick Spicer, Commented Feb 25, 2014 at 15:55

Adriano Repetti · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-25 15:57:36Z

15

24-hour time requires use of HH, not hh. Lowercase h is for 12 hour time.

See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

edited Feb 25, 2014 at 15:57

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answered Feb 25, 2014 at 15:56

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Jeppe Stig Nielsen Over a year ago

@NickSpicer Also remember that the : chars inside formats represent the time separator of the culture used. If your current culture uses a period, like bn-IN (Bangla (India)) does, it won't parse with a colon.

Soner Gönül · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-25 15:56:26Z

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Because none of your format have 24-hour clock.

hh specifier is for 01 to 12. It doesn't have 13 as an hour.

Use HH specifier instead which is for 00 to 23.

For more information, take a look at;

Custom Date and Time Format Strings

answered Feb 25, 2014 at 15:56

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