c# - DateTime.Parse, Latvian culture settings -

i sending in string in dd/mm/yyyy format, being parsed lv-lv culture set per web.config globalization setting.

i comparing date datetime.now see if in past.

the problem is, datetime.parse converts string dd.mm.yyyy format, datetime.now has mm.dd.yyyy format, comparison fails.

why datetime.now different output datetime.parse, on same thread culture?

thanks!

(update) code using:

inputtext contains input form in dd.mm.yyyy format

datetime date = datetime.parse(inputtext, cultureinfo.currentculture); // check it's not in past this.isvalid = (date.compareto(datetime.now) > 0);

[datetime.now] in context in mm.dd.yyyy format using lv-lv cultureinfo [date] in dd.mm.yyyy format after datetime.parse

a datetime not have formatting - point in time.

if viewing it, means outputting it. use correct culture output date.

datetime.tostring has overloads take format provider such cultureinfo:

string formatted = datetime.tostring(new cultureinfo("lv-lv"));

if not specified (in code or configuration), default system culture used (or cultureinfo.invariantculture, in cases).

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