SafeToDate.cs

/// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="input">Input date</param>
        /// <param name="inputFormat">Input Format: 
        /// dd - Day format 00
        /// MM - Month format 00
        /// yyyy - Year format 0000
        /// HH - Hour format 00 (24 hours)
        /// mm - Minutes format 00
        /// ss - Seconds format 00
        /// tt - AM/PM designator
        /// 
        /// E.G. 2012-10-11 14:10:35 will be parsed with format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
        ///      30/10/2012 will be parsed with format dd/MM/yyyy
        ///      20121024 will be parsed with format yyyyMMdd
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>DateTime representation</returns>
        public static DateTime? SafeToDate(this object input, string inputFormat)
        {
            DateTime result;
            var parse = DateTime.TryParseExact(input.SafeToString(), 
                                                inputFormat, 
                                                CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, 
                                                DateTimeStyles.None,
                                                out result);
            return parse ? result as DateTime? : null;
        }