Date formate in asp.net using C# Urgent!!!!! [modified]

[Aashutoshkumar]

i am using a webservice in which a method is serach. i use this method which accept a argument of date type in dd/MM/yyyy formate. i have a textbox which accept the date from the user, when i convert textbox data into Datatime formate it converted into MM/dd/yyyy formate, but i have a requirement in dd/MM/yyyy formate of date type. please help me, i am using c#.Net 2003 -- modified at 0:29 Friday 6th October, 2006

[minhpc_bk]

That's because the DateTimeFormat of the current CultureInfo is the MM/dd/yyyy. For more information, see ASP.NET Globalization and Localization[^]

[Aashutoshkumar]

i have try this: string selectedLanguage = "en-GB"; UICulture = selectedLanguage ; Culture = selectedLanguage ; Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(selectedLanguage); Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo(selectedLanguage); System.IFormatProvider format = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR", true); string stringDate = "23/03/05"; DateTime DTddMMyyyy=DateTime.Parse(stringDate,format,System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None); the format of DTddMMyyyy is MM/dd/yyyy and i want it in dd/MM/yyyy as 23/03/2006. but the result should be in datetime data type. if i use datetime.tostring("dd/MM/yyyy") then it returns strinng type date. but i want the return type be datetime object not string/ i am using web service which take date in datetime format and in "dd/MM/yyyy" format. but in .Net the date type return or change or default format is "MM/dd/yyyy". so plz help me to find the solution. this phaze is final phase of my project and there i change ne thing like change in service provider then it effect my whole project so plz help me Ashutosh Kumar

[minhpc_bk]

There are a couple of things that you might want to check when you run your code in debug mode and step through your code line by line: + You can check the DateTimeFormatInfo value at run time especially when the DTddMMyyyy object does not have the right format: + You can check the DTddMMyyyy object after the Parse method executes. Below are two examples that give me the correct DateTime object after the Parse method runs:

//Example 1:
string selectedLanguage = "en-GB";
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(selectedLanguage);
string stringDate = "23/03/05";
DateTime DTddMMyyyy = DateTime.Parse(stringDate);

//Example 2:
string selectedLanguage = "en-US";
CultureInfo culture = new CultureInfo(selectedLanguage, true);
//Here you can configure the DateTimeFormatInfo in the way you want.
culture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd/MM/yyyy";
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture;
string stringDate = "23/03/05";
DateTime DTddMMyyyy = DateTime.Parse(stringDate);