When coding some date-related functionality within a WebPart, there can be circumstances in which the “date format” is incorrectly applied, according to local settings.
Within Australia – we operate as “dd/mm/yyyy” – not the American format of “mm/dd/yyyy”.
My code is :
DateTime dt;
if (DateTime.TryParse ( dateValue, out dt ) )
… do something
But, I was finding that it was still checking using a “US Date Format” – and so values such as 28/02/2008 were failing. (failing – 28th month)
Globalization is always a tricky one, and have heard comments about SharePoint not acknowledging the local culture setting.
Regardless, there is a way to FORCE the DateTime check to use the normal date time within Australia (dd/mm/yyyy).
Just need to include some additional paramters with the “TryParse” function :
(don’t forget to add reference to System.Globalization )
DateTime dt;
if (DateTime.TryParse( dateValue, new CultureInfo(“en-AU”), DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateDefault, out dt ) )
That seemed to work for me. I can now have a date range of “20/02/2008 – 28/02/2008” without any validation errors.
And – a value of “02/20/2008” will show an error. (dd/mm/yyyy)
NB. This is simply C# / .NET code – doesn’t have to be within a WebPart/SharePoint – just another way of using “DateTime.TryParse”.
