Question

I have to cast an object to an object, where i just have the typename as a string.

For example:

I have the type-string System.DateTime and the string 2012-09-17T10:19:23.5369243+02:00. Now I want to have an object of DateTime with the value of the string.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

The answer to your question can be found in all the other answers, waiting to be pieced together. 🙂

1. Get the Type from your Type String, like akhisp said:

   Type dateTimeType = Type.GetType("System.DateTime");
   

2. Now, use a type converter to change the string to the DateTime:

   object date = Convert.ChangeType("2012-09-17T10:19:23.5369243+02:00", dateTimeType);