using System; using System.Globalization; public class Test { public static void Main() { var date = DateTime.ParseExact( "Mon Jan 13 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)", "ddd MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)'", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); Console.WriteLine(date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")); } }