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How to read a string like ("05.10/2012 5:30:29 PM") and use it in a DateTime value ?

Posted 23-Jun-12 23:33pm

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Hello

Try this:

C#

DateTime myDateTime = DateTime.Parse("05.10/2012 5:30:29 PM");

or

C#

DateTime myDateTime;
DateTime.TryParse("05.10/2012 5:30:29 PM", out myDateTime)

Posted 23-Jun-12 23:38pm

Updated 23-Jun-12 23:39pm

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mrmarzban 24-Jun-12 5:57am

I'm looking for a way to calculate how many seconds or minutes is between two dates ?

Shahin Khorshidnia 24-Jun-12 6:14am

Is it a new question?

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-23T23:42:00

Assuming each date is on a separate line, you can read them all with

C#

string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(path);

You can then convert each one to a DateTime using Datetime.ParseExact, or DateTime.TryParseExact:

C#

foreach (string line in lines)
   {
   DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(line, "dd.MM/yyyy h:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
   ...
   }