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Posted by Ariel Rzeszowski
Ariel Rzeszowski
5,482 Points

System.FormatException - DateTime cannot Parse

Hi,

Everything in this part is clever. But I noticed when DateTime use a TryParse method it's step over IF statment. I changed to Parse to see what is the problem and i saw this: System.FormatException. I think so problem is in my culture. Am I right ? I from Poland and perhaps a pattern of Date is diffrent in my culture.

Can you solve a problem ? There is any solution to do this ?

Sorry for my english.

This is pattern when i call DateTime.Now() : {10.09.2019 20:36:19} And this is pattern from our cvs file: {8/26/2015 05:30 PM}

I supposed that i need this one: public static bool TryParse(string s, IFormatProvider provider, DateTimeStyles styles, out DateTime result);

But i don't know how to change a parameters to avoid a exception

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Someone having a similar issue just yesterday posted this solution. Give that a try and see if it works for you also.