DateTime.Parse date format

Question

I have a date represented as a string thus

20130116154407

I called DateTime.Parse on this but it failed. How can I convert this to a DateT

Answer 1

Use this code

string DATE_FORMAT= "yyyyMMddhhmmss";

DateTime date;
if(DateTime.TryParseExact(str, DATE_FORMAT, DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
//success
//you can use date
}else
{
//fail
}

Answer 2

Try DateTime.ParseExact

var dt = DateTime.ParseExact("20130116154407", "yyyyMMddhhmmss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Answer 3

You need to specify a format:

DateTime.ParseExact(str, "yyyyMMddHHmmss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)