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DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("1122010", "Mddyyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
Throwing this exception: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.
I'm sure it's the lack of a leading 0 in the month. What's the correct format string?
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Instantiate the SimpleDateFormat class by passing the desired (new) format as string to its constructor. Invoke the format() method by passing the above obtained Date object as parameter.
SimpleDateFormat is a concrete class for formatting and parsing dates in a locale-sensitive manner. It allows for formatting (date -> text), parsing (text -> date), and normalization. SimpleDateFormat allows you to start by choosing any user-defined patterns for date-time formatting.
The parse() Method of SimpleDateFormat class is used to parse the text from a string to produce the Date. The method parses the text starting at the index given by a start position.
I suggest using the format "MMddyyyy" and ensuring your input parameter has at least 8 characters. Example:
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("1122010".PadLeft(8, '0'), "MMddyyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
If you are using a data source with the leading 0 missing for the month, this will add it where required.
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The problem is that you are not giving ParseExact enough information to work with.
"M" means a 1 or 2 digit month. But your string starts with "1122". Is that January 12th or November 22nd?
The only solution, as Anthony shows, is to pad with a 0 when needed.
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