using System;

public class Test
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		var dateStr = "12/29/2012 09:55:00 AM";
        DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(dateStr,"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        System.Console.WriteLine(dateStr);
	}
}