Tryparse does not transform the datetime into date only

Question

I`m trying to convert date from 01/01/2019 02:00:00 into 01/01/2019 datetime object. However, the string is transformed like 01/01/2019 but the try parse exact returns again the first option.

and also, I would like in my view to show the date, but not in 01/01/2019 format. I would like to have 1st Jan 2019

What I`m doing wrong?

Here is my code.

public DateTime ConvertDate(DateTime dt)
{
        var datestring = dt.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        DateTime datePostedObj;
        DateTime.TryParseExact(datestring,
                               "MM/dd/yyyy",
                               null,
                               DateTimeStyles.None,
                               out datePostedObj);

        return datePostedObj.Date;
}

You mean `datePostedObj.Date` does contains a time component, right? — XouDo, May 04 '19 at 11:23
I'm afraid your question is unclear (to me, at least) - could post a [mcve]? The formatting part should probably be a separate question (after you've researched it and tried to solve it yourself - so you can show that attempt in the new question). It's not clear to me why you're formatting and then reparsing to start with, to be honest. Why not just use `dt.Date`? — Jon Skeet, May 04 '19 at 11:25
@XouDo when I pass the dt to the method I have a datetime with time. Then, I make that dt to string so that I will capture only date without time. The datePostedObj has a date but with time again. So I would like to have a datetime obj without time. — Csibi Norbert, May 04 '19 at 12:28
@JonSkeet Thanks for your time. Well, I use dt.Date as you said but insead of having the DATE only, I still have the date & time.. if u understand what I`m saying. — Csibi Norbert, May 04 '19 at 12:30
Not really. `DateTime` is *always* a date and time. There's no notion of a "date only" `DateTime` value... there's just a `DateTime` at midnight. If you want a "date only" value, you'd need to use something like my [Noda Time](https://nodatime.org) library which has separate types for "date", "date and time", "instant in time" etc. — Jon Skeet, May 04 '19 at 12:32

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 04 '19 at 11:24

You are doing some rework.

You have already dt as a Datetime. You generate it's textual (aka string) representation, then parse it to DateTime again. That's unnecessary.

If you want to get your date part "only", you can get dt.Date as a Datetime.

If you want to get "1st Jan 2019" as a string representation from your dt, you can do some work since .NET Framework doesn't have a built-in function for day name suffix. But how you can do it is explained on Getting day suffix when using DateTime.ToString() topic as well.

Tryparse does not transform the datetime into date only

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