String was not recognized as a valid DateTime

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Please help me with the issue . I have tried lot many solution and they are not working .

rd["DOB"].ToString() = "9/19/1946"; DateTime dt1 = DateTime.ParseExact(rd["DOB"].ToString(), "MM/dd/yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Philippe Leybaert · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-30 09:08:31Z

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You should use "M/d/yyyy" as the format string.

MM/dd/yyyy would match 09/19/1946, but not 9/19/1946

answered Sep 30, 2012 at 9:08

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Anand K awasthi · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-30 14:32:12Z

You can refer below URL for more grasp on date time format http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az4se3k1.aspx

Lawrence Johnson · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-30 09:06:05Z

Have you tried using the Convert class?

Convert.ToDateTime(rd["DOB"]);

If you are using System.Data.DataRow and the column "DOB" is of type SqlDateTime then that should work.

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