DateTime ToString and Construction

[mail572352]

Hi, I have saved a DateTime object to a configuration file using the DateTime.ToString() method. I now want to read the setting and create a new DateTime object from it. How is this possible? I need both the date and time. I think I could store the day, date, month, year, hours and minutes but this seems overkill and would mean me reading many settings from my configuration file. Surely there is a better solution? Thanks :)

[Stefan Troschuetz]

Use the DateTime.TryParse or DateTime.Parse method.

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[Guffa]

If you want to store the value in a simple format, use the Ticks property to get an Int64 value. This can be used in the DateTime constructor to recreate the DateTime value exactly.

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