Converting string to DateTime failing

Question

I have a string variable whose data will be the format below.

18-03-2015 16:39:15

i'm trying to convert it to a valid DateTime with hour/minute/second but so far the line below fails.

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("18-03-2015 16:39:15", "dd-MM-yyyy h:m:s", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Tim Schmelter · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-17 14:35:31Z

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You need to use uppercase H or HH, so "dd-MM-yyyy HH:m:s" with this time: 16:39:15.

See: The "HH" Custom Format Specifier

So lowercase is from 1 through 12 and uppercase for 24h format. If you use H or HH depends on if 4:39:15 is possible or 04:39:15. A single H supports both formats, so with or without a leading zero, whereas HH only allows 04:39:15.

edited Mar 17, 2015 at 14:35

answered Mar 17, 2015 at 14:30

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StackTrace Over a year ago

i have made the change but still with that sample string, dt returns as "1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM"

Tim Schmelter Over a year ago

It either throws an exption or returns a valid DateTime since you are not using DateTime.TryParseExact. So is it the real code that you've shown? If i test it it works for me.

0x49D1 · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-17 14:38:55Z

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It should be HH:mm:ss in format

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("18-03-2015 16:39:15", "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
// So: dt.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss") is 18-03-2015 16:39:15

Here are some examples of formatting the date with samples

edited Mar 17, 2015 at 14:38

answered Mar 17, 2015 at 14:35

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