How to make DateTime.TryParse() fail if no year is specified?

Question

Consider the following code to parse a date. (Note that I\'m in the EN-gb locale):

const DateTimeStyles DATE_TIME_STYLES = DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateDefault |          


        

Answer 1

You can use parse exact like this and catch the exception.

CurrentUICulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern will give you the cultures short date pattern.

There is also DateTime.TryParseExact

DateTime.ParseExact(value.ToString(), cultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern.ToString, cultureInfo.CurrentUICulture)