How to convert DateTime to from specific string format both ways e g given Format is yyyyMMdd

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I am having a problem converting a datetime which is in string format but I am not able to convert it using  yyyyMMdd  format   My code is   string tpoc   refSubClaim BenefitsFolder BenefitFolderIdNumber ToString    string   tpocinfo   Regex Split tpoc        for  int i   0  i  lt  tpocinfo Length  i          switch  i                case 0                        string   tpoc2   Regex Split tpocinfo 0                     claimantAuxillaryRecord TPOCDate2   tpoc2 0  ToString                claimantAuxillaryRecord TPOCAmount2   Convert ToDecimal tpoc2 1                claimantAuxillaryRecord FundingDelayedBeyondTPOCStartDate2   tpoc2 2  ToString                      break

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You can convert your string to a DateTime value like this   DateTime date   DateTime Parse something     You can convert a DateTime value to a formatted string like this   date ToString  yyyyMMdd

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Based on the property names it looks like you are trying to convert a string to a date by assignment   claimantAuxillaryRecord TPOCDate2   tpoc2 0  ToString      It is probably due to the current UI culture and therefore it cannot interpret the date string correctly when assigned

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Use  DateTime TryParseExact   if you want to match against a specific date format      string format    yyyyMMdd        DateTime dateTime      DateTime TryParseExact dateString  format  CultureInfo InvariantCulture                                               DateTimeStyles None  out dateTime

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If you want to have DATE as string with TIME as well  We can do like this         Date and Time is taking as current system Date-Time         DateTime Now ToString  yyyyMMdd-HHmmss

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You could use DateTime TryParse   instead of DateTime Parse    With TryParse   you have a return value if it was successful and with Parse   you have to handle an exception

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if you have a date in a string with the format  ddMMyyyy  and want to convert it to  yyyyMMdd  you could do like this   DateTime dt   DateTime ParseExact dateString   ddMMyyyy                                      CultureInfo InvariantCulture   dt ToString  yyyyMMdd

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It s the Simple way to convert to format   DateTime Now ToString  yyyyMMdd

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From C  6    var dateTimeUtcAsString      DateTime UtcNow o      The result will be   2019-01-15T11 46 33 2752667Z

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Simply just do in this way   string yourFormat   DateTime Now ToString  yyyyMMdd      Happy coding

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no its a string with yyyy mm dd and i need it in yyyyMMdd format   If you only need to remove the slashes from a string don t you just replace them   Example   myDateString    2013 03 28   myDateString   myDateString Replace             myDateString should now be  20130328    Less of an overkill

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Parsing DateTime   To parse a DateTime  use one of the following methods    DateTime Parse DateTime ParseExact   Alternatively  you may use try-parse pattern    DateTime TryParse DateTime TryParseExact   Read more about Custom Date and Time Format Strings   Converting DateTime to a string   To return a DateTime as a string in  yyyyMMdd  format  you may use ToString method    Code snippet example  string date   DateTime ToString  yyyyMMdd    Note upper-cased M s refer to months and lower-cased m s to minutes    Your case   In your case  assuming you don t want to handle scenario when date is different format or misssing  it would be most convenient to use ParseExact   string dateToParse    20170506   DateTime parsedDate   DateTime ParseExact dateToParse                                              yyyyMMdd                                             CultureInfo InvariantCulture

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String to yyyy-MM-dd date format  Example   TxtCalStDate Text   Convert ToDateTime objItem  StartDate    ToString  yyyy MM dd

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A more simple way I came across while searching for this answer as well   string date   DateTime Now ToString  yyyyMMdd   System Globalization CultureInfo GetCultureInfo  en-US

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You can try these codes    claimantAuxillaryRecord TPOCDate2    Convert ToDateTime tpoc2 0   ToString  yyyyMMdd       Or   claimantAuxillaryRecord TPOCDate2   Convert ToDateTime tpoc2 0   ToString  yyyyMMdd hh mm ss

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