Question

my string is as follows:

string s ="20000101";

I would like to convert it to Date format. How can I do it?

Answer 1

Assuming you are using C# and .Net you will want to use DateTime.ParseExact or DateTime.TryParseExact. The format string is most likely “yyyyMMdd”.

var datestring = "20000101";

var date1 = DateTime.ParseExact(datestring, "yyyyMMdd", null);

or

DateTime dateResult;
if (!DateTime.TryParseExact(datestring, "yyyyMMdd", 
                            null, DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal, 
                            out dateResult))
    dateResult = DateTime.MinValue; //handle failed conversion here