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Easy String to DateTime, DateTime to String and Formatting

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  1. // String to DateTime
  2.  String MyString;
  3.  MyString = "1999-09-01 21:34 PM";
  4.  //MyString = "1999-09-01 21:34 p.m.";  //Depends on your regional settings
  5.  
  6.  DateTime MyDateTime;
  7.  MyDateTime = new DateTime();
  8.  MyDateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(MyString, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm tt",null);
  9.  
  10.  
  11.  //DateTime to String
  12.  MyDateTime = new DateTime(1999, 09, 01, 21, 34, 00);
  13.  String MyString;
  14.  MyString = MyDateTime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm tt");
  15.  
  16. /*
  17. Format String For Dates
  18.  
  19. Your format string is your most important key. In most of my projects, I make it a constant and then refer to the constant value in my code.
  20.  
  21. The following is the most commonly used format characters:
  22.  
  23. d - Numeric day of the month without a leading zero.
  24. dd - Numeric day of the month with a leading zero.
  25. ddd - Abbreviated name of the day of the week.
  26. dddd - Full name of the day of the week.
  27.  
  28. f,ff,fff,ffff,fffff,ffffff,fffffff - 
  29. 	Fraction of a second. The more Fs the higher the precision.
  30.  
  31. h - 12 Hour clock, no leading zero.
  32. hh - 12 Hour clock with leading zero.
  33. H - 24 Hour clock, no leading zero.
  34. HH - 24 Hour clock with leading zero.
  35.  
  36. m - Minutes with no leading zero.
  37. mm - Minutes with leading zero.
  38.  
  39. M - Numeric month with no leading zero.
  40. MM - Numeric month with a leading zero.
  41. MMM - Abbreviated name of month.
  42. MMMM - Full month name.
  43.  
  44. s - Seconds with no leading zero.
  45. ss - Seconds with leading zero.
  46.  
  47. t - AM/PM but only the first letter. 
  48. tt - AM/PM ( a.m. / p.m.)
  49.  
  50. y - Year with out century and leading zero.
  51. yy - Year with out century, with leading zero.
  52. yyyy - Year with century.
  53.  
  54. zz - Time zone off set with +/-.
  55. */

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