Convert any date string to current culture date format

Question

Suppose I have one datestring input ie "30.03.2016" (ie assuming here it may be any lanuage format) but my current culture is United States. I want to convert the input to Windows saved locale setting culture. I am using below format for conversion,but gives me invalid datetime.

var myDateTimeValue = "30.03.2015";
DateTime myDateTime = DateTime.Parse(myDateTimeValue);
var dateingddmmyy = myDateTime.ToString(new CultureInfo("sv-SE"));
Console.Write(dateingddmmyy);

Please let me know how can I convert any type of date string to current culture format.

Answer 1

The source date could be anything like:

• dd-mm-yyyy
• dd/mm/yyyy,
• mm-dd-yyyy,
• mm/dd/yyyy
• yyyy-MM-dd

I suggest you take a step back and explore what you are trying to solve in more details. Maybe you don't need to convert from any data format, maybe there is a way to provide such.

Answer 2

Below i have solved my issue :

string[] formats = {"M/d/yyyy", "MM/dd/yyyy",
                                "d/M/yyyy", "dd/MM/yyyy",
                                "yyyy/M/d", "yyyy/MM/dd",
                                "M-d-yyyy", "MM-dd-yyyy",
                                "d-M-yyyy", "dd-MM-yyyy",
                                "yyyy-M-d", "yyyy-MM-dd",
                                "M.d.yyyy", "MM.dd.yyyy",
                                "d.M.yyyy", "dd.MM.yyyy",
                                "yyyy.M.d", "yyyy.MM.dd",
                                "M,d,yyyy", "MM,dd,yyyy",
                                "d,M,yyyy", "dd,MM,yyyy",
                                "yyyy,M,d", "yyyy,MM,dd",
                                "M d yyyy", "MM dd yyyy",
                                "d M yyyy", "dd MM yyyy",
                                "yyyy M d", "yyyy MM dd"
                               };
                DateTime dateValue;

                    foreach (string dateStringFormat in formats)
                    {
                        if (DateTime.TryParseExact(strDateTime, dateStringFormat,CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,DateTimeStyles.None,
                                                   out dateValue))
                        {
                            return dateValue.ToShortDateString();
                        }
                    }