Parse string in the right Format to DateTime

Question

I have the problem, that i can't parse my string in the right format to DateTime. I tried a lot of different ways and searched on several websites, but i didn't find a solution for my problem

string vonDatum = dtpVon.Value.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy");
        DateTime startDatum = DateTime.ParseExact(vonDatum, "dd.MM.yyyy", null);
        String bisDatum = dptBis.Value.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy");
        DateTime endDatum = DateTime.ParseExact(bisDatum, "dd.MM.yyyy", null);

As you can see, i want to parse in as dd.MM.yyyy. But i receive something like dd.MM.yyyy.ss.fff (not sure about the ss.fff, but I get also the seconds and the milliseconds back).

Thanks a lot if someone can help me

Answer 1

parsing datetime into specific string format or converting it into specific culture usually throw exception. You can use the following code to get this format dd.MM.yyyy

DateTime dateString = DateTime.Now;

string day = dateString.Day.ToString();
string month = dateString.Month.ToString();
string year = dateString.Year.ToString();

string date = day + "." + month + "." + year;
Console.WriteLine(date);

output : 10.2.2017

Answer 2

I just found it out by myself. If anyone have the same problem, here is how you can handle it.

 string datum = String.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", date);

By example, I'm using it in this context.

string vonDatum = dtpVon.Value.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy");
        DateTime startDatum = DateTime.ParseExact(vonDatum, "dd.MM.yyyy", null);

        string bisDatum = dptBis.Value.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy");
        DateTime endDatum = DateTime.ParseExact(bisDatum, "dd.MM.yyyy", null);

 for (DateTime date = startDatum; date <= endDatum; date = date.AddDays(1))
            {
                string datum = String.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", date);
                // Erste tabellenbefüllung erstellen 
                sqlite_cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO einteilung (mitarbeiter, arbeitsschicht, datum) VALUES ('"+mitarbeiter+"', '"+arbeitsschicht+"', '"+datum +"');";
                sqlite_cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
            }