Problem in using the method Convert.ToDateTime(string) Please help me.

Question

Hi All I have a string s that is 10/29/2006. I want to convert this string to datetime format. used the method DateTime dt=System.Convert.ToDateTime(s); But it is giving an error string was not recognised as a valid datetime. Please help me out.

shinoy alphonse · Answer

Use this code DateTime.Parse(txtStartDate.Text).ToString(yyyy/MM/dd) also i suggest you to chage ur system datetime settings to the above mentioned format

Mahesh Joshi · Answer

Hi It's a very simple code I don't know why you are getting an error for this. See the code below --- string s = 10/29/2006; DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(s);