Convert Date String to another Date string with different format

Question

I need to convert an string date with format yyyyMMdd to a date string with format MM/dd/yyyy. Which is the best to do it?

I\'m doing this:

Answer 1

string date = "01/08/2008";
DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(date);     //or       
DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(date, culture, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal); //or       
// create date time 2008-03-09 16:05:07.123
DateTime dt = new DateTime(2008, 3, 9, 16, 5, 7, 123); //or       

Now Format as you like with dt ...

String.Format("{0:y yy yyy yyyy}", dt);  // "8 08 008 2008"   year
String.Format("{0:M MM MMM MMMM}", dt);  // "3 03 Mar March"  month
String.Format("{0:d dd ffffd ffffdd}", dt);  // "9 09 Sun Sunday" day
String.Format("{0:h hh H HH}",     dt);  // "4 04 16 16"      hour 12/24
String.Format("{0:m mm}",          dt);  // "5 05"            minute
String.Format("{0:s ss}",          dt);  // "7 07"            second
String.Format("{0:f ff fff ffff}", dt);  // "1 12 123 1230"   sec.fraction
String.Format("{0:F FF FFF FFFF}", dt);  // "1 12 123 123"    without zeroes
String.Format("{0:t tt}",          dt);  // "P PM"            A.M. or P.M.
String.Format("{0:z zz zzz}",      dt);  // "-6 -06 -06:00"   time zone

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