hie group,
I am converting a string ivuDate into a datetime for comparing it with a
date which is in month-date-year format and even my string is but while
comparison it gives error which u can see below ??? pl help me out of this


----------------------------------
?ivuDate.Text
"26/11/2002"
?System.Convert.ToDateTime("26/11/2002")
{System.FormatException}
    System.SystemException: {"String was not recognized as a valid
DateTime."}
----------------------------------

Thanx in advance,

Regards,
Rohit

Have you tried 11/26/2002 ?
                       (month-day-year)


Juan T. Llibre
Microsoft MVP [IIS/ASP]
Foros de ASP.NET en Espaņol : http://asp.net.do/Foros/
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rohit Arora" <rohit_arora@i...>
To: "ASP.NET" <aspx@p...>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 3:23 AM
Subject: [aspx] STRING TO DATETIME IN MONTH FORMAT ???


> hie group,
> I am converting a string ivuDate into a datetime for comparing it with a
> date which is in month-date-year format and even my string is but while
> comparison it gives error which u can see below ??? pl help me out of this
>
>
> ----------------------------------
> ?ivuDate.Text
> "26/11/2002"
> ?System.Convert.ToDateTime("26/11/2002")
> {System.FormatException}
>     System.SystemException: {"String was not recognized as a valid
> DateTime."}
> ----------------------------------
>
> Thanx in advance,
>
> Regards,
> Rohit
>
>

You need first to convert the date in the correct format. For example for 
dutch format (DD/MM/YYYY):

   If ValidateDate(inputDate) = true Then
      myDate = DateTime.Parse(inputDate, New 
System.Globalization.CultureInfo("nl-NL"))
   Else
       ' No correct format...
   End If

Before converting it you need some inputvalidation. Here is a sample of a 
regular expression that validates the supplied date in the format 
DD/MM/YYYY.

    ' valides dates in the DD/MM/YYYY-format
    Public Function ValidateDate(ByVal inputString As String) As Boolean
        Dim regEvalString As String = "^(?:(?:31(\/|-|\.)(?:0?[13578]|1
[02]))\1|(?:(?:29|30)(\/|-|\.)(?:0?[1,3-9]|1[0-2])\2))(?:(?:1[6-9]|[2-9]
\d)?\d{2})$|^(?:29(\/|-|\.)0?2\3(?:(?:(?:1[6-9]|[2-9]\d)?(?:0[48]|[2468]
[048]|[13579][26])|(?:(?:16|[2468][048]|[3579][26])00))))$|^(?:0?[1-9]|1
\d|2[0-8])(\/|-|\.)(?:(?:0?[1-9])|(?:1[0-2]))\4(?:(?:1[6-9]|[2-9]\d)?\d{2})
$"
        Dim regExpVal As System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex
        regExpVal = New System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex(regEvalString)
        return regExpVal.Match(inputString).Success 
    End Function


> hie group,
I am converting a string ivuDate into a datetime for comparing it with a
date which is in month-date-year format and even my string is but while
comparison it gives error which u can see below ??? pl help me out of this


----------------------------------
?ivuDate.Text
"26/11/2002"
?System.Convert.ToDateTime("26/11/2002")
{System.FormatException}
    System.SystemException: {"String was not recognized as a valid
DateTime."}
----------------------------------

Thanx in advance,

Regards,
Rohit