I am trying to convert a string into datetime with the following C# code,
DateTime dTo = DateTime.ParseExact(dateTo, \"mm/dd/yyyy\", CultureInfo.InvariantCul
Using the following date format expression will allow you to use either single or double digit day and month elements.
"M/d/yyyy"
Note that the capital M is significant - a lower case m is the placeholder for minutes.
You will find more information related to date format strings here.
You can use the following Powershell command to test them.
[DateTime]::ParseExact('01/01/2010', 'M/d/yyyy', $null)