using System; using System.Globalization; public class Test { public static void Main() { string date = "Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:40:23 +0000"; DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(date, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("dd")); Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("MMMM")); Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("yyyy")); } }