How to convert a String variable to DateTime variable

Help Activities
, ,
1

Hi,

I use Read Cell activity to obtain an Arrivaltime for a flight. output is a string variable.
And i need to convert that string to a datetime variable to use in Add Outlook Appointment activity.

how do i do that.

2

grafik
Also we can work with

  • DateTime.Parse(
  • DateTime.ParseExact( – for having more control

There are many post on this topic, so also have a quick research on this if more details are needed

3

@ppr

I´ll dont really understand.
can you please finish my code below. Because i have tried DateTime.Parse without success.
DateTime.Parse(MyVariable

Thanks in advance

4

Its depending on the string, that you give into conversion function
just debug and tell us what is the result of read cell

5

ok
Name: ankomst type: String Value “0640”

6

0640 looks like the arrival time, only have hour and minute info
with extending this by the corresonding landing date we can do:
grafik

if we ommit todays date will be taken, looks like
grafik

8

I´ll get this message when i try your solution,
[Option strict on disallows implicit conversions from ‘Date’ to ‘string’ ]

What newbie mistake have i done :slight_smile:

9

statement returns a dateTime, so variable datatype is DateTime

10

wow, im so confused.
converttodatetime.xaml (5.0 KB)

please check the xaml.

11

What is 0640? Is that supposed to be a date? A time? Will it always be that format (4 digits)?

12

This topic was automatically closed 3 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.