Validate DateTime pattern

[diemos]

Hi,
How i can check if a string is a valid DateTime pattern?
In java i can use the class SimpleDateFormat that throw an exception when is
initialized with an invalid datetime pattern. There is any class in C# that i
can use?

"yyyyMMdd" --> Correct format pattern
"dd44fgfd" --> Incorrect format pattern

Thanks in advance

[Shiva]

Try DateTime.ParseExact(). If it throws exception then, then the string is
not in the expected format.

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Hi,
How i can check if a string is a valid DateTime pattern?
In java i can use the class SimpleDateFormat that throw an exception when is
initialized with an invalid datetime pattern. There is any class in C# that
i
can use?

"yyyyMMdd" --> Correct format pattern
"dd44fgfd" --> Incorrect format pattern

Thanks in advance