using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;

int main()
{

   // Assume the current culture is en-US.
   // The date is February 16, 1992, 12 hours, 15 minutes and 12 seconds.
   String^ myDateTimeValue = "2/16/1992 12:15:12";
   DateTime myDateTime = DateTime::Parse( myDateTimeValue );
   Console::WriteLine( "1) myDateTime       = {0}", myDateTime );

   // Reverse month and day to conform to a different culture.
   // The date is February 16, 1992, 12 hours, 15 minutes and 12 seconds.
   IFormatProvider^ culture = gcnew CultureInfo( "fr-FR",true );
   String^ myDateTimeFrenchValue = "    16/02/1992 12:15:12";
   DateTime myDateTimeFrench = DateTime::Parse( myDateTimeFrenchValue, culture, DateTimeStyles::NoCurrentDateDefault );
   Console::WriteLine( "2) myDateTimeFrench = {0}", myDateTimeFrench );

   // The date is February 16, 1992, 12 hours, 15 minutes and 12 seconds.
   array<String^>^expectedFormats = {"G","g","f","F"};
   myDateTimeFrench = DateTime::ParseExact( myDateTimeFrenchValue, expectedFormats, culture, DateTimeStyles::AllowWhiteSpaces );
   Console::WriteLine( "3) myDateTimeFrench = {0}", myDateTimeFrench );
}

/*
This example yields the following results:

1) myDateTime       = 2/16/1992 12:15:12 PM
2) myDateTimeFrench = 2/16/1992 12:15:12 PM
3) myDateTimeFrench = 2/16/1992 12:15:12 PM
*/