String to DateTime conversion as per specified format

Question

I would like to have my end result in date format as per the specified format i.e YYMMDD how can i get this from a string given as below

   string s="110326";  

Ectogenous

take a look here. #336726 – Firebird

Answer 1

From string to date:

DateTime d = DateTime.ParseExact(s, "yyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Or the other way around:

string s = d.ToString("yyMMdd");

Also see this article: Custom Date and Time Format Strings

Faxon

How about the provider for ParesExtract – Ectogenous

No Overload for 2 parameters you need to provide the culture info – Crossbench

@Vivekh: sorry, I forgot that ParseExact required that parameter. I edited the answer. InvariantCulture has the advantage of always giving the same result regardless of the user's regional settings. If you want the result to differ based on the user's region, use CultureInfo.CurrentCulture instead. – Faxon

Answer 2

DateTime dateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(s, "yyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

although id recommend

DateTime dateTime;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(s, "yyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal, out dateTime))
{
    // Process
}
else
{
    // Handle Invalid Date
}

Crossbench

Answer 3

To convert DateTime to some format, you could do,

 string str = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyMMdd");

To convert string Date in some format to DateTime object, you could do

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(str, "yyMMdd", null);  //Let str="110719"

Visually

I asked string to Datetime conversion – Ectogenous