parse date in mm_dd_yyyy format

Question

I need to parse date in the following format. mm_dd_yyyy I know I can do like this

var dateString = "20050802";
var date = myDate = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString,
                                    "yyyyMMdd",
                                    System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

and then replace the -with underscore character. But is there any other way around to do the same?

Answer 1

So, what's the problem?
Just make appropriate format string: MM_dd_yyyy .

var dateTime = DateTime.ParseExact("08_02_2005", "MM_dd_yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); // from string to DateTime
var s = dateTime.ToString("MM_dd_yyyy"); // from DateTime to string