From a string to a date

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Hello,
I have a problem oder understanding problem with converation a string in a DateTime value.
In my string, is for the date this text 14.06.2018. Now I would like to check if this value is in the past.

For this to do, I would convert the string to a date value.
But I have no woriking Idea for that :frowning:
Have anyone a hint for me?

Thanks

Peter

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Hi.

For your problem, you will want to use ParseExact to convert the string.
There are many examples on this on the forum.

Basically, it would look like this:

Date.ParseExact("14.06.2018", "dd.MM.yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)

EDIT: had a typo

This will only work if the string is in the format that you specify, “dd.MM.yyyy”. So, you will need to maybe surround this by a Try/Catch for times when the string is not a date.

Once it is in a DateTime type you can check the value by using:
yourdatevariable >= Now
et cetera…

Regards.

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Hello,
thanks for your help, now works :smile:

Peter