DateTime FormatException error

Question

DateTime datuMDokumenta = Convert.ToDateTime(txtDatumDokum.Text);

txtDatumDokum.Text is like "09.09.2011".

but i get FormatException error. Must i parse date?

Answer 1

Try DateTime.ParseExact with the dd.MM.yyyy format string

 DateTime.ParseExact(txtDatumDokum.Text, "yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None);