Hi,
I tried just now its working.Check below lines for to convert text to date
string dt = "02/05/2011";
DateTime dts = new DateTime(int.Parse(dt.Substring(6, 4)), int.Parse(dt.Substring(3,2)), int.Parse(dt.Substring (0,2)));
resdiv.InnerHtml = dts.Date.ToShortDateString();
All the best