Convert.ToDateTime('Datestring') to required dd-MM-yyyy format of date

Question

I have string of Date which can be in any format of date but I wanted to convert it to dd-MM-yyyy format.
I have tried every Convert.ToDatetime option which converts only to the System format. I want it to convert dd-MM-yyyy format.

Please reply. Thanks in Advance.

Please share the code for what you have done so far. Also, check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15876418/datetime-today-tostringdd-mm-yyyy-returns-invalid-datetime-value — xCodeZone, Aug 22 '16 at 04:28
You have to create a user defined function for this, which will split the date string and return new generated date. — Vipul, Aug 22 '16 at 04:28
Possible duplicate of [How to convert date format to DD-MM-YYYY in C#](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4649639/how-to-convert-date-format-to-dd-mm-yyyy-in-c-sharp) — active92, Aug 22 '16 at 04:28
Does `new DateTime(yourString).ToString("dd-MM-yyyy")` not do it? — Paul Hicks, Aug 22 '16 at 04:30

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 22 '16 at 06:11

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Try this

DateTime dateTime = new DateTime();
dateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(DateTime.ParseExact("YouDateString", "dd-MM-yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));

This will return DateTime with your Format

edited Aug 22 '16 at 06:11

Er Ketan Vavadiya

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answered Aug 22 '16 at 04:44

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`Convert.ToDateTime` is not needed here as `DateTime.ParseExact` already return a DateTime object. – Boneless Aug 30 '17 at 13:02

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '16 at 04:35

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Despite there being many answers and this being a duplicate answer, here are some possible solutions:

string formatted = date.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy");

or

string formatted = date.ToString("dd MM yyyy");

This link might help you with more formats and options.

answered Aug 22 '16 at 04:35

Keyur PATEL

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Here the problem is exactly opposite. To convert string of certain format to DateTime.. – ingbabic Mar 17 '23 at 10:23

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 22 '16 at 04:33

DateTime.ParseExact has an overloaded method to accepts multiple formats, include (all)possible formats you receive and parse the string. Once you get the valid DateTime you could apply desired format in converting to string.

  // ex...
  string dateString = ...;  // your date.

  string[] formats= {"M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt", "M/d/yyyy h:mm tt", 
                     "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss", "M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss", 
                     "M/d/yyyy hh:mm tt", "M/d/yyyy hh tt", 
                     "M/d/yyyy h:mm", "M/d/yyyy h:mm", 
                     "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm", "M/dd/yyyy hh:mm",
                     "MM/d/yyyy HH:mm:ss.ffffff" };

   var date = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, formats, new CultureInfo("en-US"), DateTimeStyles.None);

  //convert to desired format.
  var strDate = date.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy");

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 22 '16 at 06:04

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Here we go:

DateTime time = DateTime.Now;
Console.WriteLine(time.Day + "/" + time.Month + "/" + time.Year);

//return: 22/05/2016

answered Aug 22 '16 at 06:04

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Convert.ToDateTime('Datestring') to required dd-MM-yyyy format of date

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