Question

If I have a string that is in the format yyyyMMddHHmmssfff for example 20110815174346225. how would I create a DateTime object from that String.
I tried the following

DateTime TimeStamp = DateTime.Parse(Data[1], "yyyyMMddHHmmssfff");

However I get these errors:

Error   1   The best overloaded method match for 'System.DateTime.Parse(string, System.IFormatProvider)' has some invalid arguments C:\Documents and Settings\rkelly1\Desktop\sd\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\Form1.cs 67  29  WindowsFormsApplication1


Error   2   Argument 2: cannot convert from 'string' to 'System.IFormatProvider'    C:\Documents and Settings\rkelly1\Desktop\sd\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\Form1.cs 67  53  WindowsFormsApplication1

Answer 1

var sDate = "20110815174346225";
var oDate = DateTime.ParseExact(sDate, "yyyyMMddHHmmssfff", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);