Question

I want to convert a string in a specific format to a DateTime.

My specific string format is “dd-mm-yyyy“.

I cannot do any string manipulations.

This is the code I have right now:

DateTime convertedDate = DateTime.Parse(stringInput);

Answer 1

It seems you want the static ParseExact method to which you can specify the actual date-time format.

var convertedDate = DateTime.ParseExact(input, "dd-MM-yyyy", null);

(Depending on the context, you may also want to specify CultureInfo.InvariantCulture instead of null/current culture as an argument.)