Best way to get a date with .NET?

Question

I\'m getting a string back from my page and I want to make sure it\'s a date. This is what I have so far (it works) and I just want to know if this is the \"best\" way to do it.

Answer 1

I would just TryParse the input string:

    private bool ParseDateString()
    {
        var theIncomingParam = Request.Params.Get("__EVENTARGUMENT").ToString(); 

        DateTime myDate;

        if (DateTime.TryParse(theIncomingParam, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out myDate))
        {
            int TheMonth = myDate.Month;
            int TheDay = myDate.Day;
            int TheYear = myDate.Year;

            // TODO: further processing of the values just read

            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }