String was not recognized as a valid DateTime?

Question

I try to convert string to datetime but each time I get :

String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

Code is:

Answer 1

I agree with the other answers that it looks like your doing a lot to solve what should be a simple problem. I'd use the British date format from the culture info.

var convertedDay = DateTime.Parse("12/04/2010", new CultureInfo("en-GB").DateTimeFormat);