Set DateTime format

Question

I have the following code -

DateTime timeStamp;

timeStamp = System.Convert.ToDateTime(y.InnerText);

Where y.InnerText is

Answer 1

you can use ToString convertion to 2013-03-11 11:35:24

 DateTime timeStamp;

 timeStamp = System.Convert.ToDateTime(y.InnerText).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");