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Converts a string to a DateTime equivalent.

public static DateTime ToDateTime (string s, string[] formats)

Parameters

s
The string to convert.
formats
A string array specifying formats used to validate s.
formats
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Returns

The DateTime equivalent of s.

Exceptions

Type Reason
ArgumentNullException s is a null reference.
FormatException
s or an element of formats is string.Empty.
-or-
s does not contain a date and time that corresponds to any of the elements of formats.

Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	s is a null reference.
FormatException	s or an element of formats is string.Empty. -or- s does not contain a date and time that corresponds to any of the elements of formats.

Remarks

This method calls DateTime.ParseExact(string, string, IFormatProvider)(s, formats, System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.AllowLeadingWhite|System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.AllowTrailingWhite).
This method allows s to be validated against multiple formats.
Valid formats include "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:sszzzzzz" and its subsets.

Example

The following example converts a string to a DateTime and writes the result to the console.

C# Example

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class App {

  public static void Main() {

    String someDate = "1966-09-19T03:45:11Z";
    String[] datetimeFormats = new String[]
      {"HH:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ"};
    DateTime dateTime =
      XmlConvert.ToDateTime(someDate, datetimeFormats);
    Console.WriteLine( "{0}", dateTime.ToString() );
  }
}

The output is

9/18/1966 8:45:11 PM

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