Invalid date format error yyyymmddhhmmss in c#

Question

My requirement was to write a code that can accept two type of date format i.e yyyymmddhhmmss and yyyymmdd. I have written the code but it is working for few date but not for all.

string[] formats = { "yyyymmdd","yyyymmddhhmmss" };

if (!DateTime.TryParseExact(DesiredReportVersionDate, formats, new CultureInfo("en-US"), DateTimeStyles.None, out timevalue))
        {

            valid = false;
            throw new Exception("invalid format" + timevalue);
        }

However,passing 19901212033047 value is giving exception.It should be valid as per my understanding.

Please help.

Thanks in advance

http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/Article/23/Date-Formatting-in-CSharp Care about those M and m ('s) — Kilazur, Jul 01 '14 at 13:47
Or indeed MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx Always read the documentation. — Jon Skeet, Jul 01 '14 at 13:48

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '14 at 13:49

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use this yyyyMMddHHmmss. Because it's case sensitive

answered Jul 01 '14 at 13:49

Nadendla

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Thanks a lot Sir,I was not considering that case sensitive issue. – vish1990 Jul 01 '14 at 13:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 01 '14 at 14:02

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Capital letters matter. In your case use capital MM instead of mm.

answered Jul 01 '14 at 14:02

PiotrWolkowski

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Invalid date format error yyyymmddhhmmss in c#

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