using System;
using System.Globalization;

namespace Parse
{
    class Class1
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
// Assume the current culture is en-US. 
// The date is Feburary 16, 1992, 12 hours, 15 minutes and 12 seconds.

        string myDateTimeValue = "2/16/1992 12:15:12";
        DateTime myDateTime = DateTime.Parse(myDateTimeValue);
        Console.WriteLine("1) myDateTime       = {0}", myDateTime);

// Reverse month and day to conform to a different culture.
// The date is Feburary 16, 1992, 12 hours, 15 minutes and 12 seconds.

        IFormatProvider culture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR", true);
        string myDateTimeFrenchValue = "    16/02/1992 12:15:12";
        DateTime myDateTimeFrench =
            DateTime.Parse(myDateTimeFrenchValue,
                           culture,
                           DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateDefault);
        Console.WriteLine("2) myDateTimeFrench = {0}", myDateTimeFrench);
    
// The date is Feburary 16, 1992, 12 hours, 15 minutes and 12 seconds.

        string[] expectedFormats = {"G", "g", "f" ,"F"};
        myDateTimeFrench = 
                DateTime.ParseExact(myDateTimeFrenchValue,
                                    expectedFormats,
                                    culture,
                                    DateTimeStyles.AllowWhiteSpaces);
        Console.WriteLine("3) myDateTimeFrench = {0}", myDateTimeFrench);
        }
    }
}
/*
This example yields the following results:

1) myDateTime       = 2/16/1992 12:15:12 PM
2) myDateTimeFrench = 2/16/1992 12:15:12 PM
3) myDateTimeFrench = 2/16/1992 12:15:12 PM
*/