c# - DateTime losing Milliseconds -

i parsing date file string , converting datetime can compare previous date. losing milliseconds when extremely important missing lines file parsing.

example of date file extracting: 2014/11/12 10:47:23.571 m_latestprocessdate after parseexact 12/11/2014 10:47:23

see below line of code using. ideas how around this?

datetime m_latestprocessdate = datetime.parseexact(m_currentdatestring,                                                    "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss.fff",                                                    cultureinfo.invariantculture); 

codecaster explained problem, wanna add answer if let's me..

don't worry! milliseconds didn't lost. still there. sounds didn't see them when try represent m_latestprocessdate , that's because string representation of datetime doesn't have milliseconds part.

for example, if use datetime.tostring() method without parameter, method uses "g" standard format of currentculture.

this specifier formats datetime shortdatepattern + longtimepattern. , no culture have millisecond part on it's longtimepattern.

for example; invariantculture has hh:mm:ss format doesn't represent millisecond part.

you can see milliseconds of m_latestprocessdate like;

console.writeline(m_latestprocessdate.tostring("fff")); // prints 571