C# DateTime.ParseExact

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I have a tab delimited file which is being parsed and then inserted into a database. When I run into the date column, I have trouble parsing it.

The code I have is:

var insert = DateTime.ParseExact(line[i], "d/M/yyyy h:mm", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

The string in line[i] is in the formats: 7/7/2011 10:48 , 10/20/2011 6:27

The exception I get says

The DateTime represented by the string is not supported in calendar
System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar.

Best Answer

Your format string is wrong. Change it to

insert = DateTime.ParseExact(line[i], "M/d/yyyy hh:mm", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
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