Check if a string is a valid date using DateTime.TryParse

Question

I am using DateTime.TryParse() function to check if a particular string is a valid datetime not depending on any cultures.
To my surprise , the function re

Answer 1

Use DateTime.TryParseExact() if you want to match against a specific date format

 string format = "ffffd dd MMM h:mm tt yyyy";
DateTime dateTime;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateString, format, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
    DateTimeStyles.None, out dateTime))
{
    Console.WriteLine(dateTime);
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("Not a date");
}