Dmitry-

PMFJI.

>Unfortunately my DateTime string is of type String. Here is how I get it from a Data Reader:
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>string strDateClosed = drWORK_HIS["date_clos"].ToString();
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>Therefore, I can't see how I can apply the method ToShortDateString to it.

Well, why not return it from the Property? Something like

string strDateClosed = ((DateTime)(drWORK_HIS["date_clos"])).ToString();

Another note, although ToShortDateString() would probably work best, recall that you can pass format strings to ToString(). Like

DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")