String to Date parsing in C#?

Question

Hi,

I have a data string 'yyyymmddhhmmss' example: '20101001151014', how Do I parse this to date in C#?

Answer 1

DateTime.ParseExact you can use and parse it

  DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("20101001151014", "yyyyMMddHHmmss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Answer 2

DateTime when = DateTime.ParseExact("20101001151014", "yyyyMMddHHmmss",
    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Points to note: 24-hour hour is HH; 2-digit month is MM

Answer 3

public DateTime ShortDateStringToDate(string dateText)
{
    if (dateText == null)
        return DateTime.MinValue;

    if (dateText.Length != 14)
        throw new ArgumentException();

    string dateFormatString = "yyyyMMddHHmmss";
    return DateTime.ParseExact(dateText, dateFormatString, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}

Answer 4

Use the DateTime.ParseExact method.