String is not recognized as a valid datetime only in Server Version

Question

I am using Visual Studio for a web application and all works fine.

When i publish the solution online i have this exception for this row:

DateTime.Parse(form["dataNotaNuovo"])

The exception text is:

String is not recognized as a valid datetime

Why the problem is only in the online version and not in my local solution?Can it be a .NET version problem?(I don't know .NET server version)

Thanks to all

Probably the server is set to use a different culture (i.e. US versus British) — DavidG, Jul 20 '16 at 12:39
Do we seriously not have a canonical question to mark this as a duplicate of? =D — J. Steen, Jul 20 '16 at 12:41
@J.Steen I bet there is, but in the meantime it's OK for people (from no rep right up to 200k) to answer it... — DavidG, Jul 20 '16 at 12:41
@DavidG *I don't care about dupe suggestions, to get more rep I must answer all questions* — Tim, Jul 20 '16 at 12:47
@TimCastelijns BRB just going through your post history to downvote everything! — DavidG, Jul 20 '16 at 12:49
@DavidG your reputation is yours to spend, but the damage you do - the system will mend — Tim, Jul 20 '16 at 12:50
@TimCastelijns Depends how slowly I downvote! Anyway, more fun to go and write poetry :) — DavidG, Jul 20 '16 at 12:52

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DateTime.Parse affected by the localization setting of the machine. use DateTime.ParseExact if you know what is the format of the string

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Amir Sasson

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Your server and client are probably using different locales. Instead make sure the client posts the data in a known format and use DateTime.ParseExact

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Peter Morris

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Your server probably has different settings for its locale (date and time format). To prevent this, you should always use a specific format and ParseExact. Or mandate and ensure that all computers your code runs on use the same locale.

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Joey

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String is not recognized as a valid datetime only in Server Version

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