DateParsing a string converted from a Date

Question

I have a datetime value that I want displaying as a string in particular format, at the moment I am trying this

 lastUpdate = DateTime.ParseExact(tmpDt.ToString(), "d/M/YYYY",
                                  CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString();

The error i'm getting is FormatException

Answer 1

You get the FormatException because you use a DateTime.ToString() and then expect it to be in " d/M/YYYY" for parsing it.

If you want to display your DateTime in a certain format you should use the overloads for DateTime.ToString().

Have a look at MSDN how to use this.

Answer 2

Actually

tmpDt.ToString("dd/MM/YYYY",CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

will do the same

Answer 3

Try:

myDateTimeObj.ToString("d/M/yyyy");

Answer 4

why not just use ToString() with a format specifier

DateTime time = DateTime.Now;              
string format = "MMM ddd d HH:mm yyyy";   
Console.WriteLine(time.ToString(format));