use a date-time formatter to format and parse with:
var format = new DateTimeFormatInfo();
format.LongDatePattern = "yyyyMMddHHmmss";
var time = DateTime.Now;
var str = time.ToString("D", format);
MessageBox.Show(str);
var time2 = DateTime.ParseExact(
str,
"D",
format);
MessageBox.Show(time2.ToString());
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