Convert dd-mm-yyyy into mm/dd/yyyyy in C#

Question

I want to convert date DD-MM-YYYY into default format of date time "MM/DD/YYYY" in C#.

is there string format which helps me to do.

possible duplicate of [format date in c#](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/501460/format-date-in-c) — V4Vendetta, Jul 21 '11 at 07:03
@nCdy: Replacing '-' with '/' will give him dd/mm/yyyy, not mm/dd/yyyyy as he wants. That is his trouble... — Sebastian Mach, Jul 21 '11 at 07:10

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '11 at 07:04

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(DateTime.ParseExact(input, "dd-MM-yyyy", CultureInfo.InvarientCulture).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")

(Not assuming any defaults – "mm/dd/yyyy" is not the default date format for most people.)

answered Jul 21 '11 at 07:04

Richard

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '11 at 07:10

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Try This

DateTime dt = GetDate(DateStringToConvert); 
dt.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");

answered Jul 21 '11 at 07:10

Fahad Hussain

There is no GetDate(string) API in the C# System package. What method are you attempting to invoke? – Clayton Jul 21 '11 at 23:41
DateTime.Parse(string) would be the closest match to the "GetDate" method, I'm guessing. In this case, I would recommend the TryParse() method though, just to protect against malformed input. – fatty Jul 22 '11 at 04:44

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 21 '11 at 07:41

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string oldstr = "03/12/2011";   
string strDate = DateTime.ParseExact(oldstr, "dd/MM/yyyy",null).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");
Console.WriteLine(strDate);

answered Jul 21 '11 at 07:41

Monday

I tried this with date string: "6/1/2014" and it gives a FormatException – George Nikolaides Mar 28 '14 at 16:46
Okay it was my mistake... you have to use "d/M/yyyy" for the given format. – George Nikolaides Mar 28 '14 at 16:54

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