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If you want to convert a text containing a datetime in format “yyyyMMdd_HHmmss” to a datetime vaiable in C#, use the following code:

UnitTest

string dateTimeFormat = "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss";
string textContainingDateTime = string.Format("This is some text containing a datetime 20100808_080808 in the format [{0}]", dateTimeFormat);
DateTime result = DateTime.Now;
DateTime.TryParseExact(textContainingDateTime.Substring(40, dateTimeFormat.Length), dateTimeFormat, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out result);
DateTime expectedResult = new DateTime(2010,8,8,8,8,8);
Assert.AreEqual(expectedResult, result);

Result

Passed