Parsing DateTime strings

Here is how to parse a date that is in the format of mm/dd/yyyy:

// Parse string with date but no time component.

string dateString, format;

DateTime result;

CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;

// Parse date-only value with invariant culture.

dateString = "06/15/2008";

format = "d";

try

{

result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);

Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());

}

catch (FormatException)

{

Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);

}