Datetime format Issue: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime

Question

I want to format the input string into MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss format in C#.
The input string is in format MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss
For example :

Answer 1

try this:

string strTime = "04/30/2013 23:00";
DateTime dtTime;
if(DateTime.TryParseExact(strTime, "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm",  
   System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, 
   System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out dtTime))
 {
    Console.WriteLine(dtTime);
 }