Dear Sir ,
I have an error `Conversion from string "1971--10--29" to type 'Date' is not valid.` when import datfile in VB.NET
How can I ignore for error in database it because that's indeed the problem from the database
 Please Guide me
Thanks
Sample File dat
	 1037	2020-01-02 07:57:38	1	0	0	0
     1002	2020-01-02 07:57:42	1	0	0	0
     1033	2020-01-02 07:57:48	1	0	0	0
     1039	2020-01-02 07:58:02	1	0	0	0
     1033	2020-01-02 17:35:43	1	0	0	0
     4036	2020-01-02 17:36:12	1	0	0	0
     3014	2020-01-02 17:37:21	1	0	0	0
     1037	2020-01-02 17:37:35	1	0	0	0
     4036	2020-01-02 17:38:03	1	0	0	0
     4036	2020-01-02 17:38:29	1	0	0	0
     1035	1971--10--29 -23:-59:-50	1	0	0	0
     1033	2020-01-02 17:39:37	1	0	0	0
 Code in vb.net
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub BtnImport_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BtnImport.Click
        OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "D:\Files"
        OpenFileDialog1.Filter = "Dat files(*.Dat)|*.Dat"
        OpenFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = True
        If OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
            Dim datfiles As List(Of datfiles) = New List(Of datfiles)()
            Dim lines As String() = File.ReadAllLines(OpenFileDialog1.FileName)
            For i As Integer = 0 To lines.Length - 1
                If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(lines(i).Trim()) Then
                    Dim data As String() = lines(i).Trim().Split(CType(vbTab, Char()))
                    datfiles.Add(New datfiles With {
                        .ID = Convert.ToInt32(data(0)),
                        .DATE = CDate(data(1).ToString().Split(" "c)(0)),
                        .TIME = data(1).ToString().Split(" "c)(1),
                        .FP = data(2),
                        .INOUT = If(data(3).ToString() = "0", "IN", "OUT"),
                        .OTHERS1 = data(4),
                        .OTHERS2 = data(5),
                        .STATUS = If(data(2).ToString() = "1", "PRESENT", "")
                    })
                End If
            Next
            Dim dtStart As DateTime = startDate.Value.Date
            Dim dtEnd As DateTime = endDate.Value.Date
            datfiles = datfiles.Where(Function(x) x.DATE >= dtStart AndAlso x.DATE <= dtEnd).ToList()
            Dim All_IDs As List(Of Integer) = (
 From df In datfiles
 Group By the_ID = df.ID
     Into Group
 Select the_ID
 ).ToList
            Dim All_Dates As New List(Of Date)
            Dim day As Date = dtStart
            While day <= dtEnd
                All_Dates.Add(day)
                day = day.AddDays(1)
            End While
            With datfiles
                All_Dates.ForEach(Sub(the_Date)
                                      All_IDs.ForEach(Sub(the_ID)
                                                          If .Where(Function(x) x.DATE = the_Date AndAlso x.ID = the_ID AndAlso x.INOUT = "IN").Count = 0 Then
                                                              .Add(New datfiles With {.ID = the_ID, .[DATE] = CDate(the_Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")), .INOUT = "IN"})
                                                          End If
                                                          If .Where(Function(x) x.DATE = the_Date AndAlso x.ID = the_ID AndAlso x.INOUT = "OUT").Count = 0 Then
                                                              .Add(New datfiles With {.ID = the_ID, .[DATE] = CDate(the_Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")), .INOUT = "OUT"})
                                                          End If
                                                      End Sub)
                                  End Sub)
            End With
            DataGridView1.DataSource = datfiles.OrderBy(Function(x) x.DATE).ThenBy(Function(x) x.ID).ToList()
        End If
    End Sub
    Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        startDate.Value = CDate("2020-01-02")
        endDate.Value = CDate("2020-01-03")
    End Sub
End Class
Public Class datfiles
    Public Property ID As Integer
    Public Property [DATE] As DateTime
    Public Property TIME As String
    Public Property FP As String
    <DisplayName("IN/OUT")>
    Public Property INOUT As String
    Public Property OTHERS1 As String
    Public Property OTHERS2 As String
    Public Property STATUS As String
End Class