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Convert date in string to DateTime with same format

Anonymous User171210-May-2013
Hi Guys!

I have a string that has a date stored in it.

String date = "03-05-2013 00:00:00";
I parsed it to Datetime as follows:

DateTime Start = DateTime.Parse(date);
Start.ToString() gave me "3/5/2013 12:0:00 AM"

I also used:

DateTime Start = DateTime.ParseExact(date,"dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss",CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
Then, Start.ToString() gave me "3/5/2013 12:0:00 AM", which is the exact same result as the previous one. I need to keep the original formatting. How may I do it? 

Thanks in in advance!. 
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AVADHESH PATEL

AVADHESH PATEL

10-May-2013
Hi Goti!


The format you parse with does not dictate how the DateTime is formatted when you convert the date back to a string. You need to pass the format into ToString() 

i.e.

Start.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");

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