Determine the format a 'date' string

[WesLee]

Hello,

I was wondering if there is an easy way to determine the date format of a string with a date.

"19-03-1983" to "dd-MM-yyyy"
"19-03-1983" to "dd-MM-yy"

Is there a function that supports this or do I have to write such a function myself?

[mrgr8avill]

As far as I know, you can parse it into a DateTime and then act on it, but if you need to determine what the original format was, you'd have to code it.

[boudino]

It cannot be determinet, it can be just estimated. Imagine date 1-2-2010. Is it the first february, or the second january? How could you decide it? Data formats must be agreed prior to working with them.

[dannystommen]

Take a look at System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat