Datetime format Issue: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime

Question

I want to format the input string into MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss format in C#.
The input string is in format MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss
For example :

Answer 1

Below code worked for me:

string _stDate = Convert.ToDateTime(DateTime.Today.AddMonths(-12)).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");
String format ="MM/dd/yyyy";
IFormatProvider culture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("fr-FR", true);
DateTime _Startdate = DateTime.ParseExact(_stDate, format, culture);

Answer 2

This can also be the problem if your string is 6/15/2019. DateTime Parse expects it to be 06/15/2019.

So first split it by slash

var dateParts = "6/15/2019"
var month = dateParts[0].PadLeft(2, '0');
var day = dateParts[1].PadLeft(2, '0');
var year = dateParts[2] 


var properFormat = month + "/" +day +"/" + year;

Now you can use DateTime.Parse(properFormat, "MM/dd/yyyy"). It is very strange but this is only thing working for me.