convert string to datetime with form yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss in C#

Question

How can I convert this 2014-01-01 23:00:00 to DateTime I have done like this:

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.ParseExact("2014-01-01 23:00:00", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));

and the result was like this :

1/1/2014 11:00:00 PM

this thing drive me crazy because this format was working in java.

Answer 1

I think your parsing worked. The problem is when converting back to string. You can provide the desired format in parameter :

DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact("2010-01-01 23:00:00", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
string formattedDate = date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
Console.WriteLine(formattedDate);

By default (without a specified format), it uses formatting information derived from the current culture.