How to convert string array to datetime list ?

Question

In the top of form1I have a List type DateTime

private List<DateTime> dates = new List<DateTime>();  

at some point in my code I save the dates in the List to a text file

dates = rad.dates;  
                            StreamWriter w = new StreamWriter(@"d:\Downloaded Images\Dates\dates.txt");  
                            int i;  
                            for (i = 0; i < dates.Count - 1; i++)  
                            {  
                                w.WriteLine(dates[i]);  
                            }  
                            w.Write(dates[i]);  
                            w.Close();  

The result is a text file with dates like this

After saving the dates to the text file I want to read back the dates to the dates list in the constructor
I read lit like this

string[] dates = File.ReadAllLines(@"d:\Downloaded Images\Dates\dates.txt");  

The problem is that it's string array type and not DateTime list and I also want to assign it to the existing DateTime dates List and not to a new variable.

Answer 1

using linq its:

var dates = File.ReadAllLines(@"d:\Downloaded Images\Dates\dates.txt").Select(d => DateTime.Parse(d)).ToArray();