DateTime parse with custom format

Question

I am trying to parse a datetime value using this:

DateTime insertedDateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(tokens[0] + " " + tokens[1], "yyyy-MM-dd mm:hh:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

//tokens[0] = 2013-09-05 
//tokens[1] = 07:23:32

I am getting this error:

String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

you should write:

DateTime insertedDateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(tokens[0] + " " + tokens[1], "yyyy-MM-dd mm:HH:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

because hh means 12h time and HH means 24h time and putting 23 as hour in 12h time is invalid :)

Of course if you are sure that hours are second in your time and you don't want to write HH:mm:ss or hh:mm:ss (for 12h format)

DEMO here