String was not recognized as a valid DateTime error with tt

Anyone know why I get an error when my time is PM? The MSDN doc says tt works with AM/PM.

Error I get is: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime

Code:

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sDeadlineDtTm = "9/3/2011 1:30PM"

            Try
                dtDeadlineDtTm = DateTime.ParseExact(sDeadlineDtTm, "M/d/yyyy H:mmtt", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US"))
            Catch ex As Exception
                Dim csType As Type = Me.GetType()
                Dim sOutput As String = ex.ToString
                ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(csType, "startup", "<script>alert('Response Deadline error.');</script>")

                Exit Sub
            End Try

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Thanks in advance.

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Originally Posted by lleemon

Anyone know why I get an error when my time is PM? The MSDN doc says tt works with AM/PM.

Error I get is: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime

Code:

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sDeadlineDtTm = "9/3/2011 1:30PM"

            Try
                dtDeadlineDtTm = DateTime.ParseExact(sDeadlineDtTm, "M/d/yyyy H:mmtt", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US"))
            Catch ex As Exception
                Dim csType As Type = Me.GetType()
                Dim sOutput As String = ex.ToString
                ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(csType, "startup", "<script>alert('Response Deadline error.');</script>")

                Exit Sub
            End Try

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Thanks in advance.

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It MSDN, it says this:
In the .NET Framework 4, the ParseExact method throws a FormatException if the string to be parsed contains an hour component and an AM/PM designator that are not in agreement. In the .NET Framework 3.5 and earlier versions, the AM/PM designator is ignored.

Try:

sDeadlineDtTm = "9/3/2011 13:30PM"

On another note, you might want to use the TryParseExact:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...arseexact.aspx

Rather than wrapping up in your own Try/Catch block.

Gary