How to convert 1 Jan to DateTime

Question

I have a string value of 1 Jan which indicates a date for batch program to run based on the date.

May I know if there is quick method to convert 1 Jan to a DateTime value which I can use to compare if it is today?

Otherwise, I guess substring and replace of characters may be the only alternative I can think of.

Thank you

I'm sorry, I meant to say it could also be double digit day, which I would need to handle. — gymcode, Mar 30 '20 at 10:39
https://dotnetfiddle.net/ZZbG9g - seems pretty straight forward? did you try? — Rand Random, Mar 30 '20 at 10:40
@HimBromBeere yes you are correct. however the user input will be `1 Jan` instead of `01 Jan` — gymcode, Mar 30 '20 at 10:42
@HimBromBeere let me remove it to avoid confusion. I had `substring` in mind and I thought it would affect so thought I should bring it up. — gymcode, Mar 30 '20 at 10:43
@HimBromBeere - he just wanted to give an example of a day past the 9th day of the month, he could have also given the example of `15 Jan` — Rand Random, Mar 30 '20 at 10:43
Does this answer your question? [Converting a String to DateTime](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/919244/converting-a-string-to-datetime) There are a lot of other duplicates — Pavel Anikhouski, Mar 30 '20 at 10:44
though not related to the question, you might consider using cron expressions to manage schedules, which way you don't have to run into issues, if there is an input of 29 Feb, we cannot run it next year on till leap year right, these are some cases worth considering — Saravanan, Mar 30 '20 at 10:46

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '20 at 10:41

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try ParseExact

var mydate = DateTime.ParseExact("1 Jan 2020", "d MMM yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

OR

var mydate = DateTime.ParseExact("1 Jan", "d MMM", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

answered Mar 30 '20 at 10:41

Krishna Varma

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '20 at 11:10

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string date = "1 Jan";
CultureInfo culture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
DateTime tempDate = Convert.ToDateTime(date, culture);

answered Mar 30 '20 at 11:10

ElConrado

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