Date format issue dd/mm/yyyy C#

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Needing expert advice for date format issue . I have a string value strDate= "03/04/2018" which is dd/mm/yyyy . I am trying to convert into format dd mmm yyyy . If I use (Convert.ToDateTime(strDate)).ToString("dd MMM yyyy") , this results in 4 Mar 2018 instead of 3 Apr 2018 .

Can anyone please suggest if this is dependent on the system and regional setting ? Is it possible to make it work independent of regional settings ?

You'll probably want to use [this](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9xk1h71t(v=vs.110).aspx) overload. — itsme86, Mar 12 '18 at 22:49
(Edited) `DateTime.ParseExact(strDate, "dd'/'MM'/'yyyy", null).ToString("dd MMM yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)` for example. And if you want to be absolutely sure, use `DateTime.ParseExact(strDate, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString("dd MMM yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)`. — Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Mar 12 '18 at 23:03
@itsme86 Yeah, I did not get it right at first. Edited the comment. — Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Mar 12 '18 at 23:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '18 at 00:53

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var strDate = "03/04/2018";
var result = DateTime.ParseExact(strDate, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
            .ToString("d MMM yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

answered Mar 13 '18 at 00:53

Ryan Yuan

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Just posting code with no explanation makes for a _bad_ answer – maccettura Mar 13 '18 at 02:24

Date format issue dd/mm/yyyy C#

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