Converting a string in ddMMyyyy format to a DateTime

Question

How do I convert a string in ddMMyyyy format to a DateTime?

Answer 1

See Parsing Date and Time and DateTime.ParseExact()

String dateString = "15072008";
String format = "ddMMyyyy";
try {
   DateTime result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
   Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
}
catch (FormatException) {
   Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);
}

Prints:

15072008 converts to 7/15/2008 12:00:00 AM.

Answer 2

Try using DateTime.ParseExact:

DateTime.ParseExact(yourDateString, "ddMMyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);