I'll try to illustrate an example:

```
var dateNow = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");

```

**produces**: 10/01/2014 21:50:34

```
var dateNowParse = DateTime.Parse(DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));

```

**produces**: 10/01/2014 9:50:34 PM

QUESTION:

*How to parse the date, and keep formatting like:* **dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss**, with an **24** hour format, without any PM

Thank you!

Update 1
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Sorry maybe my question wasn't so clear, i'll try to explain the real situation below.

Please do not focus on real meaning of `DateTime.Now`, suppose we have a `string` variable in the format of `10/01/2014 21:50:34`, and then I try to parse it, and store the result in another variable. What I am willing to achieve is to keep the result in a DateTime variable which has the exact formatting `10/01/2014 21:50:34`.

Now here is a snippet:

```
var stringDate = "10/01/2014 22:50:30";
DateTime parsedDate = DateTime.Parse(stringDate, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
//parsedDate result is: 10/01/2014 10:50:30 PM

```

What is frustrating me is:

1. In the `stringDate` the `22:50` hour says that the string is formatted to the `24` hour clock. (*the 12 clock format uses hours counter up to 12*)
2. If I used 22:50, Isn't logically that the output should'nt use any AM PM and 12 hour format?