Convert string "dd month_full_name year" to string "yyyy/mm/dd" with .NET

Question

Is there anything standard in C# to transform in to out. I don't mind ad hoc routine either.

string in = "1 February 2001"
string out = "2001/02/01"  

Answer 1

DateTime out = DateTime.Parse(in);

Answer 2

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Parse("1 February 2001").ToString("yyyy/MM/dd"));

Answer 3

This assumes you're always in the en-US culture.

 string in = "1 February 2001";
    DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(in);
    string out = dt.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd");

Answer 4

 DateTime dt = 
  Convert.ToDateTime("1 February 2001", new CultureInfo("2001/02/01"));

Answer 5

You will want to parse the date in exact format than relying on the culture

DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, "d MMMM yyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString("yyyy/MM/dd");