How to get the datetime value from combo box

Question

I have filled a combo box with the variables of long datetime, In combo i have shown only the Month names....

I want to get the datetime value corresponding to the selected month in combo. How can i do that?

Answer 1

If itmes are just month string you can't restore full datetime. The best you can do is to parse month string and construct a new DateTime based on the parsed month and constant year, day and time, like this:

var date = DateTime.ParseExact(dropDownList.SelectedItem.Text, "MMMM", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture);

Replace CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture with the required culture if month name culture is different from UI culture.

Answer 2

You've taged the question asp.net, so i guess its a web app. Assuming the datetime value is in the value property and the month only in the text property of the ListItem

var dt = DateTime.Parse(DropDownList1.SelectedValue);