C# Console App || Can i use ddMMyy as DayTime instead of dd/MM/yy?

Question

I'm asking the user for birthdate which is 6 digits without / and -. How can define datetime to read 6 digits ddMMyy??

WriteLine("Write Your birthday using unly number and 6 digits 'ddMMyy'")
string userinput = ReadLine();
DateTime bday = DateTime.Parse(userinput);
WriteLine($"Your birthday is: {bday}");

Outputs:

Unhandled exception. System.FormatException: String '041197' was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

No it's not a duplicate. This didnt answer my question "stackoverflow.com/questions/15738608/…" But answers on this post solved it !

Welcome to Stack Overflow. In such a case, you might wanna use `ParseExact` and/or `TryParseExact` methods like `DateTime bday = DateTime.ParseExact("041197", "ddMMyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);` — Soner Gönül, Oct 27 '19 at 19:28
Thanks. My userinput is '041197'. 04 is day, 11 is month, 97 is year. — Coding to beat Goku, Oct 27 '19 at 19:32
@maytham-ɯɐɥʇʎɐɯ Thanks i'll look.. where'd your comment go? :D — Coding to beat Goku, Oct 27 '19 at 19:32
Don't forget to add `System.Globalization` namespace as well. — Soner Gönül, Oct 27 '19 at 19:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '19 at 19:32

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Try this:

    using System;
    using System.Globalization;
    public class Test
    {
    public static void Main()
    {       
        CultureInfo provider = new CultureInfo("en");
        DateTime dt =   DateTime.ParseExact("040415","ddMMyy", provider);
  Console.WriteLine(dt.Year.ToString());
    }
}

answered Oct 27 '19 at 19:32

Berianidze Luka

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Perfect that fixed my problem. Thanks a lot :) – Coding to beat Goku Oct 27 '19 at 19:37

Shakir.iti · Answer 2 · 2019-10-27T19:50:40.933

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 CultureInfo info= new CultureInfo("en");
 DateTime birthDay=   DateTime.ParseExact("041197","ddMMyy", info);
 WriteLine($"Your birthday is: {birthDay}");

edited Oct 27 '19 at 19:50

answered Oct 27 '19 at 19:44

Shakir.iti

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Code only answers are generally considered low quality. Could you add an explanation to your answer. – Lemon Kazi Oct 28 '19 at 07:10

C# Console App || Can i use ddMMyy as DayTime instead of dd/MM/yy?

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