I'll try to illustrate an example:

var dateNow = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");

produces: 10/01/2014 21:50:34

var dateNowParse = DateTime.Parse(DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));

produces: 10/01/2014 9:50:34 PM

QUESTION:

How to parse the date, and keep formatting like: dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss, with an 24 hour format, without any PM

Thank you!

Update 1

Sorry maybe my question wasn't so clear, i'll try to explain the real situation below.

Please do not focus on real meaning of DateTime.Now, suppose we have a string variable in the format of 10/01/2014 21:50:34, and then I try to parse it, and store the result in another variable. What I am willing to achieve is to keep the result in a DateTime variable which has the exact formatting 10/01/2014 21:50:34.

Now here is a snippet:

var stringDate = "10/01/2014 22:50:30";
DateTime parsedDate = DateTime.Parse(stringDate, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
//parsedDate result is: 10/01/2014 10:50:30 PM

What is frustrating me is:

1. In the stringDate the 22:50 hour says that the string is formatted to the 24 hour clock. (the 12 clock format uses hours counter up to 12)

2. If I used 22:50, Isn't logically that the output should'nt use any AM PM and 12 hour format?