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Hi I am trying to convert the date to MM/DD/YYYY. Currently it is DD/MM/YYYY.  I tried the below code to format it to MM/DD/YYYY. Could some one please help me correct it. Thanks.

 

arrival = Convert.ToDateTime(txtArrival.Text.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy"),System.IFormatProvider (formatProvider));

So a user enters a date in txtArrival.Text in DD/MM/YYYY format.

If arrival is a DateTime object "converting" it will only change the value of the date.

You want to convert the DISPLAY of the date to MM/DD/YYYY format.

DateTime arrival = DateTime.Parse(txtArrival.Text); // Keep in mind the format of the DateTime is culture dependent, and it will parse it using the default culture unless you specifiy otherwise.

//This controls how the date time object displays its value 

Label1.Text = arrival.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");

 

 

 

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Dean Fiala
Very Practical Software, Inc.

Dean covered most of it, but since you know the format of the input string, you'd best use ParseExact. 

DateTime arrival = DateTime.ParseExact(txtArrival.Text, " dd/MM/yyyy ", null );

The "null" really should be "CultureInfo.CurrentCulture" or some other CultureInfo object, but it should only be used if you use on of the single letter Standard format string, instead of specifying the exact Custom format string.

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Truth,
James

Actually, since you can never trust those silly users, I'd use DateTime.TryParseExact.

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Dean Fiala
Very Practical Software, Inc.