if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(SessionDictionary.GetValue("UserDetails", "ExpiryDate"))) { DateTime ExpiryDate = DateTime.ParseExact(SessionDictionary.GetValue("UserDetails", "ExpiryDate"), "dd mmm yy", null); strDate = sitedata.FormatDate(ExpiryDate, TridionDateFormat.ShortDate); } else { strDate = "-"; } DateTime.ParseExact(..., "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); DateTime ExpiryDate = DateTime.ParseExact(SessionDictionary.GetValue("UserDetails", "ExpiryDate"), "dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss", null) DateTime ExpiryDate = DateTime.ParseExact(SessionDictionary.GetValue("UserDetails", "ExpiryDate"), "G", null)