C#: Converts date and time to its DateTime equivalent using the specified array of formats, culture-specific format information, and style

C# Sharp DateTime: Exercise-29 with Solution

Write a program in C# Sharp to format a date and time of a specific string representation to its DateTime equivalent using the specified array of formats, culture-specific format information, and style.

Sample Solution:-

C# Sharp Code:

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example29
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      // Array of date and time formats
      string[] formats= {
          "M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt", "M/d/yyyy h:mm tt", 
          "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss", "M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss", 
          "M/d/yyyy hh:mm tt", "M/d/yyyy hh tt", 
          "M/d/yyyy h:mm", "M/d/yyyy h:mm", 
          "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm", "M/dd/yyyy hh:mm",
          "MM/d/yyyy HH:mm:ss.ffffff" 
      };

      // Array of date strings to be converted
      string[] dateStrings = {
          "5/2/2009 6:32 PM", "05/02/2009 6:32:05 PM", 
          "5/2/2009 6:32:00", "05/02/2009 06:32", 
          "05/02/2009 06:32:00 PM", "05/02/2009 06:32:00",
          "08/28/2016 16:17:39.125", "08/28/2016 16:17:39.125000"
      };

      DateTime dateValue; // Variable to hold parsed DateTime value

      // Iterate through each date string in the array
      foreach (string dateString in dateStrings)
      {
         try {
            // Attempt to parse the date string using provided formats and culture (en-AU)
            dateValue = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, formats, 
                                            new CultureInfo("en-AU"), 
                                            DateTimeStyles.None);
            // If successful, display the converted DateTime
            Console.WriteLine("Converted '{0}' to {1}.", dateString, dateValue);
         }
         catch (FormatException) {
            // If an exception occurs during parsing, display an error message
            Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert '{0}' to a date.", dateString);
         }                                               
      }
   }
}

Sample Output:

Converted '5/2/2009 6:32 PM' to 5/2/2009 6:32:00 PM.                                                          
Converted '05/02/2009 6:32:05 PM' to 5/2/2009 6:32:05 PM.                                                     
Converted '5/2/2009 6:32:00' to 5/2/2009 6:32:00 AM.                                                          
Converted '05/02/2009 06:32' to 5/2/2009 6:32:00 AM.                                                          
Converted '05/02/2009 06:32:00 PM' to 5/2/2009 6:32:00 PM.                                                    
Converted '05/02/2009 06:32:00' to 5/2/2009 6:32:00 AM.                                                       
Unable to convert '08/28/2016 16:17:39.125' to a date.                                                        
Converted '08/28/2016 16:17:39.125000' to 8/28/2016 4:17:39 PM.  

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