C# - how to convert string to date

• water490

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  April 23, 2024 at 3:51 am

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  #4414331

  Hi everyone

  I am not too experienced using C#.  I need to convert date in string format to date format.  I do not want any time attached to the date.

  The files have naming convention "fileIdentifer_YYYY-MM-DD".  I am able to extract "YYYY-MM-DD":

  string fileDate = "";
  
  fileDate = fileName.Substring(fileName.Length - 14, 10);

  Now, I need to convert fileDate so it is a date type.

  How can I do this?

  Thank you

• Phil Parkin

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  April 23, 2024 at 9:02 am

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  #4414434

  This should do it:

  string fileDate = "2024-03-31";
   
  DateTime someDate = DateTime.ParseExact(fileDate, "yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

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• water490

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  April 24, 2024 at 1:09 am

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  Thank you so much!