title: How translate string to date in .NET
body: <p>I followed suggestion from  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3607622/vb-net-convert-string-to-date">vb.net convert string to date</a>  .  But, it did not work.</p>
  
  <p>the code is as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    Dim Dt As DateTime
      If DateTime.TryParse("Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:03:24 EST", Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, Dt) Then
          MessageBox.Show(Dt)
      End If
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone solve this for me?  I need to have date populated in the format of "yyyy-mm-dd hh24-mi-ss".</p>