>This seems to work nicely, but how to get AM/PM as a string?
>
>

>DateTime dt;
>
>if (DateTime.TryParse("10:30 AM", out dt))
>{
>   Console.WriteLine (dt.Hour);
>   Console.WriteLine(dt.Minute);
>  ? Console.WriteLine(dt.);
>}

Either one of these should do the trick:

Console.WriteLine( dt.ToString("t"));
Console.WriteLine( dt.ToString("hh:mm tt"));

Using format strings has the additional advantage that they are locale aware - if you run this on a machine in Germany you get the local German format (which would be 24 hour clock instead of AM/PM).

+++ Rick ---