ParseExact function does not work as expected

[Karim Saikali]

Hi All,

I am using Visual Studio 2015 Visual Basic Net with a target framework 4.6.1

The parseexact function is returning a format exception error whereas all parameters are well set ! I really dont see what is missed here :(

Really appreciated some help

Dim frFR As New CultureInfo("fr-FR")
MySFromDB = "Dim 15 Jui 2008 17:30 -06:00"
Form = "ddd dd MMM yyyy hh:mm zzz"
Try
result = Date.ParseExact (MySFromDB, Form, frFR) ' #6/15/2008 05:30:00 PM#
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Hi")
End Try

[Oralloy]

Two Suggestions

Karim Saikali,

Did you look at what the exception says?

I don't know the exact conversion characters, but the "ddd" sequence you have at the head of your format is probably rejecting on the character sequence "Dim".

Cheers,
Oralloy