I have this code:
Dim birthdaystring As String = MonthBirth.SelectedValue.ToString & "/" & DayBirth.SelectedValue.ToString & "/" & YearBirth.SelectedValue.ToString
Dim birthday As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(birthdaystring)
Which produces errors (String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.)
The string was "01/31/1963".
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks.
The problem is probably that the culture used for parsing the date expects a MM/dd/yyyy format rather than dd/MM/yyyy format.
Instead of creating a string and parsing it, create the DateTime value directly:
Dim birthday As New DateTime(YearBirth.SelectedValue, MonthBirth.SelectedValue, DayBirth.SelectedValue)
Instead of creating a string which you later try to parse to a date try this:
Dim birthday As DateTime = new DateTime(_
CType(YearBirth.SelectedValue, Integer), _
CType(MonthBirth.SelectedValue, Integer), _
CType(DayBirth.SelectedValue, Integer))
Try changing it to:
DateTime.Parse(birthdaystring);
I'm guessing it will work, but if not - you can add a second parameter to the parse saying the format you input, i.e.:
DateTime.Parse(birthdaystring,"MM/dd/yyyy");
