c# datetime.parseexact string was not recognized as a valid datetime

Question

Below code throws an exception on my local, but not on server.

DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact("01/06/2015", "dd/MM/yyyy", null);

Like I said it works on the server, but it throws 'System.FormatException' on my local. I assume this might be a problem of Cultural settings. However I don't know where I can look into.

Could anyone help me?

You may probably want to look into this similar thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1368636/why-cant-datetime-parseexact-parse-9-1-2009-using-m-d-yyyy — TaoPR, Jun 04 '15 at 02:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '15 at 02:48

Try this:

DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact("01/06/2015", "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

If you don't specify the culture it will use whatever your current culture settings are. Since you know the format you should supply InvariantCulture.

c# datetime.parseexact string was not recognized as a valid datetime

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