C# Parsing Date in "DDMMYYYY" format?

Question

I am trying to parse a string date which is in DDMMYYYY format using following code but it is returning false even though 16062001 is a valid date in DDMMYYYY format.

DateTime.TryParseExact("16062001", "DDMMYYYY", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,DateTimeStyles.None,out parsed);

Answer 1

Try with lower case d and y as per https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4(v=vs.110).aspx

Eg.

DateTime.TryParseExact("16062001", "ddMMyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,DateTimeStyles.None,out parsed);

Answer 2

Pattern string is case sensitive. You should use lowercased dd and yyyy.

DateTime.TryParseExact("16062001", "ddMMyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,DateTimeStyles.None, out parsed);

Answer 3

According to this document: http://www.csharp-examples.net/string-format-datetime/

Your format should be this one instead: "ddMMyyyy"

Try changing to this one:

DateTime.TryParseExact("16062001", "ddMMyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,DateTimeStyles.None,out parsed);

Answer 4

Use DD and YYYY to lower case like below.

DateTime.TryParseExact("16062001", "ddMMyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,DateTimeStyles.None,out parsed);