Question

Is there anything standard in C# to transform in to out. I don’t mind ad hoc routine either.

string in = "1 February 2001"
string out = "2001/02/01"  

Answer 1

You will want to parse the date in exact format than relying on the culture

DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, "d MMMM yyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString("yyyy/MM/dd");