C# convert DateTime from one format to another

Question

I thought this would be a really simple, and i\'ve tried to google it and I keep getting the exception String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

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Answer 1

Your string appears to be in format of "Xml-serialized". So it is the job of XmlConvert.

string sample = "2013-10-21T14:10:49";
string converted = XmlConvert.ToDateTime(sample, XmlDateTimeSerializationMode.Unspecified)
     .ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);