Which worked fine for years, until someone tried to submit a
three-part version number. Suddenly 1.3.1 became 2001-03-01 and the
comparison stopped working.
This would be the reason you should use DateTime ParseExact(string s,string format,IFormatProvider povider )
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
string dateString, format;
DateTime result;
CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
// Parse date-only value with invariant culture.
dateString = "06/15/2008";
format = "d";
try {
result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
}
catch (FormatException) {
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);
}
// Parse date-only value without leading zero in month using "d" format.// Should throw a FormatException because standard short date pattern of // invariant culture requires two-digit month.
dateString = "6/15/2008";
try {
result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
}
catch (FormatException) {
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);
}
// Parse date and time with custom specifier.
dateString = "Sun 15 Jun 2008 8:30 AM -06:00";
format = "ddd dd MMM yyyy h:mm tt zzz";
try {
result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
}
catch (FormatException) {
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);
}
// Parse date and time with offset but without offset's minutes. // Should throw a FormatException because "zzz" specifier requires leading // zero in hours.
dateString = "Sun 15 Jun 2008 8:30 AM -06";
try {
result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
}
catch (FormatException) {
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);
}
dateString = "15/06/2008 08:30";
format = "g";
provider = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");
try {
result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
}
catch (FormatException) {
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);
}
}
}
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