Split String at position in C#

Question

I have a date stamp (020920111422) and I want to split it to

day = 02, month = 09, year = 2011, hour = 14, and minute = 22

Is there a "split string at position" method in C#?

Answer 1

You want:

string x = s.Substring(0, i), y = s.Substring(i);

(or maybe i-1/i+1 depending on your exact requirements).

However, you could also use DateTime.ParseExact to load it into a DateTime by telling it the explicit format:

var when = DateTime.ParseExact("020920111422", "ddMMyyyyHHmm",
    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);