Parameters

value

The string to be converted.

provider

A IFormatProvider that supplies a System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo containing culture-specific formatting information.

Returns

value as a DateTime.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentException	value is a null reference.
FormatException	value cannot be converted to a DateTime .

Remarks

This method parses value using the information in the System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo instance supplied by provider. If provider is null or if a System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo cannot be obtained from provider, the string is parsed using the formatting information of the current system culture.

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0