Convert String to Time
I Have a Time That Is 16:23:01. I Tried Using Datetime. Parseexact, but It's Not Working. Here Is My Code: String Time = "16:23:01"; Datetime Date = Datetime...
I have a time that is 16:23:01. I tried using DateTime.ParseExact, but it's not working.
Here is my code:
string Time = "16:23:01";
DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(Time, "hh:mm:ss tt", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
lblClock.Text = date.ToString();
I want it to show in the label as 04:23:01 PM.
4 Answers
"16:23:01" doesn't match the pattern of "hh:mm:ss tt" - it doesn't have an am/pm designator, and 16 clearly isn't in a 12-hour clock. You're specifying that format in the parsing part, so you need to match the format of the existing data. You want:
DateTime dateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(time, "HH:mm:ss",
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
(Note the invariant culture, not the current culture - assuming your input genuinely always uses colons.)
If you want to format it to hh:mm:ss tt, then you need to put that part in the ToString call:
lblClock.Text = date.ToString("hh:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
Or better yet (IMO) use "whatever the long time pattern is for the culture":
lblClock.Text = date.ToString("T", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
Also note that hh is unusual; typically you don't want to 0-left-pad the number for numbers less than 10.
(Also consider using my Noda Time API, which has a LocalTime type - a more appropriate match for just a "time of day".)
string Time = "16:23:01";
DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(Time, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
string t = date.ToString("HH:mm:ss tt");
This gives you the needed results:
string time = "16:23:01";
var result = Convert.ToDateTime(time);
string test = result.ToString("hh:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
//This gives you "04:23:01 PM" string
You could also use CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US") as not all cultures will display AM/PM.
The accepted solution doesn't cover edge cases. I found the way to do this with 4KB script. Handle your input and convert a data.
Examples:
00:00:00 -> 00:00:00
12:01 -> 12:01:00
12 -> 12:00:00
25 -> 00:00:00
12:60:60 -> 12:00:00
1dg46 -> 14:06
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