Parse Date String

string dateString = "27-02-2007";//
DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(dateString);
// Throws a FormatException exception
IFormatProvider culture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR", true);
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, "dd-mm-yyyy", culture);
Console.WriteLine(dt);
output shows : 1/27/2007 0:02:00