Problems with System.DateTime.Parse

Question

I am writing a program to match up data in two files, primarily by date. The bit that is causing me trouble is as follows. First, I parse a line of a file, and extract the date into 3 variables: FoundDay, FoundMonth & FoundYear. I then create a new System.DateTime object and use the Parse function as follows: CADSTime = System.DateTime.Parse(FoundDay + "/" + FoundMonth + "/" + FoundYear + " " + FoundTime) However, this creates a DateTime object in US date format. ie, 7/1/2004. I need it to be in Australian date format. ie, 1/7/2004, however, I cannot seem to get it to work. If anyone could help me, that would be greatly appreciated.

Mykonine · Answer

DateTime objects from my memory are not specific to any region conceptually though the ToString and Parse methods are probably in US format. I would make a separate method to print the date in Australian format and when you parse the date parse it from a US format string instead of an Australian format. change CADSTime = System.DateTime.Parse( FoundDay + / + FoundMonth + / + FoundYear +   + FoundTime) to CADSTime = System.DateTime.Parse( FoundMonth + / + FoundDay + / + FoundYear +   + FoundTime) Your program is probably not even working properly with your current code. Check the value of CADSTime in the debugger and I'm guessing it'll say it's January 7th not the July 1st you intended.