What is the best way to parse this string?

[trint]

orderDate = ("2004-12-08 00:00:00.000");

I want it to look like this:

string aMO = ("12");
string aDY = ("08");
string aYR = ("2004");

thanks,
Trint

 

[Ollie Riches]

check out the System.DateTime class, it has two methods:

DateTime.Parse
DateTime.ParseExact

HTH

Ollie Riches

 

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DateTime orderDate=DateTime.Parse("2004-12-08 00:00:00.000");
string aMO=orderDate.Day.ToString();
string aDY=orderDate.Month.ToString();
string aYR=orderDate.Year.ToString();

Anders Norås
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[Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]]

You can use orderDate.Substring(startIndex, length) to extract portions of
it...

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[Cor Ligthert]

orderDate = ("2004-12-08 00:00:00.000");

I want it to look like this:

string aMO = orderDate.SubString(5,2);
string aDY = orderDate.SubString(0,4);
string aYR = orderDate.SubString((8,2;

I hope this helps

Cor

 

[Miha Markic [MVP C#]]

The most flexible method would be using Regular Expressions...

 

[trint]

Cor,
I get this error:
'string' does not contain a definition for substing
thanks,
Trint

 

[trint]

Cor,
You were right except SubString is really Substring.
Thanks...this worked.
Trint

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

Try Substring instead and maybe a little common sense too

cheers,

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Ignacio,

I saw my error direct when I saw your message (was after sending mine),
however, had to go and thought as you wrote it in your answer
............................

Thanks,



Cor