How to change the string into datetime format in c# asp.net

Question

i have a string which is "26052014153850" it is in the format of date month year hour minute second. i want to convert this to date and time format but its showing string is not recognized as valid date and time

string result ="26052014153850";
     DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(result, "dd/MM/yyyy/HH/mm/ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

possible duplicate of [convert datetime to date format dd/mm/yyyy](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5050102/convert-datetime-to-date-format-dd-mm-yyyy) — Ram Singh, May 27 '14 at 05:09

Farhad Jabiyev · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-27T05:26:43.043

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 DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact
               (result, "ddMMyyyyHHmmss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

The format of the string representation must match the specified format exactly.
Read this for more from MSDN.

edited May 27 '14 at 05:26

answered May 27 '14 at 05:00

Farhad Jabiyev

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capital "HH" will make it count 24 hours, "hh" would only count till 12. – user3596113 May 27 '14 at 05:07
@user2380844 Yes, I have changed. Good luck. – Farhad Jabiyev May 27 '14 at 05:08
@FarhadJabiyev, adding description about the solution in the answer would make it easy to understand. – Adil May 27 '14 at 05:09

How to change the string into datetime format in c# asp.net

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