This works:
string str = "11/05/2015 12:00:00";
var d1 = DateTime.ParseExact(str, "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
This works as well:
string str = "11/05/2015 12:00:00";
var d1 = DateTime.ParseExact(str, "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss",
null);
You can test both of them here:
http://csharppad.com/[
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