Error in converting string to datetime

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  18 years ago

  by Vibha

  Vibha

  , India

  Joined 18 years ago

  I am developing a web based application in asp.net. One of the screens takes as input the date field as string. In the code this string is converted to datetime using CType().
  

  
  The system setting on my machine are
  Local = English - United States
  Date format is mm/dd/yyyy
  

  
  I am getting the following error in while trying to CType():
  

  
  Error Message: Cast from string "12/20/2002" to type 'Date' is not
  

  
  valid.
  Stack Trace:
  System.InvalidCastException: Cast from string "12/20/2002" to type
  

  
  'Date' is not valid. at
  

  
  Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DateType.FromString(String
  

  
  Value, CultureInfo culture) at
  

  
  Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DateType.FromString(String
  

  
  Value) at EximPortal.TCS.Core.Utility.clsUtil.fnGetFormattedDate(String
  

  
  pstrDate) in
  

  
  C:\inetpub\wwwroot\EximPortal\Modules\Core\Utility\UtilManager.vb:line
  

  
  178 at EximPortal.TCS.Web.adNewsEventsMgmt1.cmdSave_Click(Object
  

  
  sender, EventArgs e) in
  

  
  C:\inetpub\wwwroot\EximPortal\SystemAdmin\NewsEvents\adNewsEventsMgmt.a
  

  
  spx.vb:line 131 at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs
  

  
  e) at
  

  
  System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.Ra
  

  
  isePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) at
  

  
  System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler
  

  
  sourceControl, String eventArgument) at
  

  
  System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) at
  

  
  System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain()
  

  
  

  
  

  
  Can anybody help in resolving this error.
  

  
  

  
  

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