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Convert Number to Date

Posted By: Vivek Patel     Category: C#     Views: 12561

This is a utility function which converts date in number format to date datatype in C#.net. This function can also be used to convert string format date to date datatype in C#.net

//Purpose : This method would convert number format date data into date.
//Parameters : Number format string would be passed. Eg: 12281990
//Return Value : Date. Eg: 12/28/1990Public 
private DateTime Number2Date(long lNum)
{
   string strNum = lNum.ToString();
   int iDay, iMon, iYear;
   
   DateTime ValidDate = DateTime.Now;
   
   try
   {
      //If date is not in valid format 
      if (strNum.Length == 7)
         strNum = "0" + strNum;
      
      iMon = Convert.ToInt32(strNum.Substring(0, 2));
      iDay = Convert.ToInt32(strNum.Substring(2, 2));
      iYear = Convert.ToInt32(strNum.Substring(4, 4));
      ValidDate = new DateTime(iYear, iMon, iDay);
   }

   catch(Exception Ex)
   {
      //Ex.Message
   }

   return ValidDate;
}
  
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Vivek Patel
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