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I would like to have my end result in date format as per the specified format i.e YYMMDD how can i get this from a string given as below

   string s="110326";
Vivekh
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    take a look here. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/336226/string-to-datetime-conversion-in-c – sgtz Jul 19 '11 at 12:38

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From string to date:

DateTime d = DateTime.ParseExact(s, "yyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Or the other way around:

string s = d.ToString("yyMMdd");

Also see this article: Custom Date and Time Format Strings

Sven
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  • How about the provider for ParesExtract – Vivekh Jul 19 '11 at 12:41
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    No Overload for 2 parameters you need to provide the culture info – Manatherin Jul 19 '11 at 12:42
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    @Vivekh: sorry, I forgot that `ParseExact` required that parameter. I edited the answer. `InvariantCulture` has the advantage of always giving the same result regardless of the user's regional settings. If you want the result to differ based on the user's region, use `CultureInfo.CurrentCulture` instead. – Sven Jul 19 '11 at 12:44
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DateTime dateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(s, "yyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

although id recommend

DateTime dateTime;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(s, "yyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal, out dateTime))
{
    // Process
}
else
{
    // Handle Invalid Date
}
Manatherin
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To convert DateTime to some format, you could do,

 string str = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyMMdd");

To convert string Date in some format to DateTime object, you could do

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(str, "yyMMdd", null);  //Let str="110719"
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