String Date Conversion Example

using System.Globalization;

string date = "2014-02-02";

1st example using DateTime.Parse method

DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(date);
Messagebox.Show(dt);

2nd example using Convert.ToDateTime

DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(date);
Messagebox.Show(dt);

3rd example using DateTime.ParseExact method

string date = "Sun 19 Jan 11:45 AM 2014";
string format = "ddd MMM h:mm tt yyyy";

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(date,format,CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
Messagebox.Show(dt);