Parse Simple DateTime

Question

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(\"1122010\", \"Mddyyyy\", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);

Throwing this exception: String was

Answer 1

The single "M" format string is unacceptable because not all months can be uniquely represented with a single digit or character. As previously suggested, you will have to use "MMddyyyy" and pad the left string when necessary.