Question

I have a string representing date (mysql database DateTime) i want to convert it to custom format as MMMM d ,YYYY

Eg. Convert 11/1/2012 3:42:09 AM to November 1 , 2012

Answer 1

Since you want November as the month, you may use DateTime.ParseExact and later format the date using .ToString

string str = "11/1/2012 3:42:09 AM";
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(str, "MM/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt",CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
string formattedDateStr = dt.ToString("MMMMM d, yyyy");

EDIT: (from comment of @Martin Liversage

//To ignore regional settings. 
string formattedDateStr = dt.ToString("MMMMM d, yyyy",CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);