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Convert string to DateTime in c#

I am trying to convert a string in the format “20110617111051” to date time.
Currently I am using String.SubString() function to extract year, month, day, time to format a standard string and then using Convert.ToDateTime(string). Is there any other simple way to do this?

Dim x as String="20110617110715"
Dim standard as string = x.SubString(0,4) & "-" & x.SubString(4,2) & "-" & x.SubString(6,2) 'and time
Dim dateTime as DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(standard) 

Answer 1

You can use DateTime.ParseExact.

DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(x, "yyyyMMddHHmmss", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);

VB

Dim myDate as DateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(x, "yyyyMMddHHmmss", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)