c# - Datetime format Issue: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime

Question

I want to format the input string into MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss format in C#.
The input string is in format MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss
For example :"04/30/2013 23:00"

I tried Convert.ToDateTime() function, but it considers 4 as date and 3 as month which is not what I want. Actually month is 04 and date is 03.

I tried DateTime.ParseExact() function also, But getting Exception.

I am getting error:

String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

Answer 1

Your date time string doesn't contains any seconds. You need to reflect that in your format (remove the :ss).
Also, you need to specify H instead of h if you are using 24 hour times:

DateTime.ParseExact("04/30/2013 23:00", "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

See here for more information:

Custom Date and Time Format Strings