check if date time string contains time

Question

I have run into an issue. I\'m obtaining a date time string from the database and and some of these date time strings does not contain time. But as for the new requirement every

Answer 1

Try this,

DateTime myDate;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(inputString, "dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm:ss", 
    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out myDate))
{
    //String has Date and Time
}
else
{
    //String has only Date Portion    
}

You can try using other format specifiers as listed here, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ffffd4.aspx