Convert string to specific format in date

Question

I have a string "sex, nov 6" and need to convert to DateTime.

I’m doing it this way:

DateTime datetime =
DateTime.Parse(gridT.Columns[e.ColumnIndex].HeaderText.ToString());

But it’s not working.

How can I make this conversion?

Answer 1

You need to do the exact conversion, but if the date is not in the expected format, chipped:

DateTime.ParseExact("sex, nov 6", "ddd, MMM d", new CultureInfo("pt-BR"))

Behold working in the ideone. And in the .NET Fiddle. Also put on the Github for future reference.