title: How to convert dd/MM/YYYY formatted string date to YYYY-MM-dd datetime?
body: <p>I wanna convert <code>dd/MM/YYYY</code> formatted string date to <code>YYYY-MM-dd</code> datetime. But it returns to me </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"String was not recognized as a valid DateTime."</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How can i convert from "04/26/2016" string to  yyyy-MM-dd datetime format?</p>
  
  <pre><code> DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("04/26/2016", "yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
   Console.WriteLine(dt);
  </code></pre>