Finding if a string contains a date and time

Question

I am working on a project where I am reading in a file which could come in two different formats, one includes a date and time and the other doesn\'t.

When I read i

Answer 1

Use this method to check if string is date or not:

private bool CheckDate(String date)
{
    try
    {
        DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(date);
        return true;
    }
    catch
    {
        return false;
    }
}