String to Date parsing in C#?

Question

I have a data string 'yyyymmddhhmmss' example: '20101001151014', how Do I parse this to date in C#?

Answer 1

DateTime when = DateTime.ParseExact("20101001151014", "yyyyMMddHHmmss",
    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Points to note: 24-hour hour is HH; 2-digit month is MM

Answer 2

Use the DateTime.ParseExact method.