How can i parse a string to datetime in c#?

Question

I have a string 02/12/2022 06:53:43 and i want to parse it to a datetime to perform the following check

 string myDate = "02/12/2022 06:53:43";
 DateTime.Parse(myDate).AddMinutes(-2) < DateTime.UtcNow)

But it gives an error : String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

How can i parse the date ?

Other than the syntax error, [can't reproduce this error](https://dotnetfiddle.net/mc7jiA), please post a [mre], and look at using DateTime.TryParseExact. — gunr2171, Mar 18 '22 at 02:22

marco · Answer 1 · 2022-03-18T02:25:20.560

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Try this:

DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact("02/12/2022 06:53:43", "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

edited Mar 18 '22 at 02:25

answered Mar 18 '22 at 02:22

marco

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There's a double colon in your pattern, and the original code worked just fine. – gunr2171 Mar 18 '22 at 02:24
Oh yes thanks, I correct. – marco Mar 18 '22 at 02:25
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OP: If your date is the second of December, this format will work. If your date is the twelfth of February, you will need to change it to `"MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss"`. – ProgrammingLlama Mar 18 '22 at 02:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '22 at 02:22

Is this 12th of Feb or the 2nd of December? ;)

You could use ParseExact. There are plenty examples in DateTime.ParseExact Method.

Here something that works for your format, assuming it's the 2nd of December.

var dateString = "02/12/2022 06:53:43";
var format = "dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss";
var result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

How can i parse a string to datetime in c#?

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