I got an array with a date set as 071712 . no / slash characters for the date, no dash. nothing, just plain 071712 (coming from a text file). I need to convert the date so I can include it in a SqlServer insert statement. I'm calling a stored procedure for the insert. So far I have this: // This is not working so far. DateTime date = Convert.ToDateTime(fileLines[4]); (date will be used as a parm for the stored procedure)