if you know the date time format of the string in your database, you can use one of below method to convert it to a DateTime
DateTime.TryParseExact Method[
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DateTime.ParseExact Method[
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sample code:
string dateString = "Mon 16 Jun 8:30 AM 2008";
string format = "ddd dd MMM h:mm tt yyyy";
DateTime dateTime;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateString, format, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
DateTimeStyles.None, out dateTime))
{
Console.WriteLine(dateTime);
}