Convert US date time to Indian date time format

Question

I've been trying to convert a date to Indian format with CultureInfo as hi-IN. I am trying the below code, but I am not getting successful result. What am I missing?

//item.Value=2/27/1998 3:56:98

DateTime.ParseExact(item.Value, "dd/mm/yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("hi-IN"))

I even tried this:

TimeZoneInfo timeZoneInfo;
DateTime dateTime;
//Set the time zone information to US Mountain Standard Time 
timeZoneInfo = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("India Standard Time");
//Get date and time in US Mountain Standard Time 
dateTime = 
TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(Convert.ToDateTime(item.Value), timeZoneInfo);

Is there any way I can get the date format in "dd/mm/yyyy"?

Please note that ``DateTime`` has no inherent format; it only acquires a particular language, culture, or country-specific format by formatting it. Thus, if your source date format is in en-US format (your comment line sure looks like it), then you need to parse it using culture en-US, and then reformat it using culture hi-IN. — dumetrulo, Jul 26 '17 at 09:53
"I am not getting successful result" - what are you getting? Be precise when reporting errors! — Chris, Jul 26 '17 at 09:53
Though that having been said your parse exact format is `"dd/mm/yyyy"` which sure doesn't look like it will match `2/27/1998`, let alone `2/27/1998 3:56:98` (your parse format must match the entirety of the input string - ie exact). I am also not sure what time system you are using that has 98 seconds in a minute... — Chris, Jul 26 '17 at 09:55
as others have mentioned, the input is invalid as you have **too many seconds in your minute**. If you correct the input to `"2/27/1998 3:56:58"`, you can just do the following `var date= DateTime.Parse(item.value).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");` — Dennis.Verweij, Jul 26 '17 at 10:08
ParseExact need same format and you are using "dd/mm/yyyy" , which is not even close to 2/27/1998 3:56:98 — Saurabh, Jul 26 '17 at 10:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '17 at 10:12

Please use the following code....

 var time = DateTime.Parse(DateTime.Now.ToString());
        var clientZone = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("India Standard Time");
        var utcTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc(time, clientZone).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 26 '17 at 10:44

Try this

TimeZoneInfo timeZoneInfo = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("India Standard Time");
CultureInfo cultureinfo = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
DateTime dtUS = DateTime.ParseExact("2/27/1998 3:56:00", "M/dd/yyyy h:mm:ss", cultureinfo);
DateTime dtIndia = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(dtUS, timeZoneInfo);

Convert US date time to Indian date time format

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