Convert MM/dd/YYYY string date to datetime

Question

I have a simple string date as: "11/28/2022"

And I try to convert to DateTime as:

 var currentStartDate = DateTime.ParseExact(
                model.StartDate,
                "dd/MM/yyyy",
                CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
            );

but it throw:

System.FormatException: The DateTime represented by the string '11/28/2022' is not supported in calendar 'System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar'.

Or

var currentStartDate = DateTime.Parse(model.StartDate);

But it is throwing an error two, how can I convert the date to DateTime?

Look at the actual numbers in that string and tell me what the 28th month of the year is. You even got the format right in the title. — jmcilhinney, Nov 29 '22 at 05:37
@jmcilhinney - It was close in the title. The OP had `MM/dd/YYYY`, but should have been `MM/dd/yyyy`. — Enigmativity, Nov 29 '22 at 06:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 29 '22 at 05:37

problem is that you are using day in place of the month and vice versa. so you have to correct it.

 var currentStartDate = DateTime.ParseExact(
                model.StartDate,
                "MM/dd/yyyy",
                CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
            );

And for your error, there is no month as such which is 28.

Convert MM/dd/YYYY string date to datetime

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