Unfortunately when writing to a dataset you need to write in American Date.
You will need to convert your date back to british and store.

DataSet.Tables["MyTable"].Rows[x]["mycolumn"] = Convert.ToDateTime(this.txtDob.Text).ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")


>I am storing the current date to a text box with the following code.
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>this.txtDob.Text = System.DateTime.Today.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") ;
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>I am then trying to save the date into a dataset created from an XML file. When it tries to save this.txtDob.Text I receive the following error.
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>An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in System.Data.dll
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>Additional information: Couldn't store in db Column. Expected type is DateTime.
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>I have tried using System.DateTime.Parse(this.txtDob.Text) but that causes another error.
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>I think it's caused by the British date format.
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>Any ideas on how to proceed?
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>Thanks.
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>John

Fred Besterwitch, MCP

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