string []format = new string []{"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"};
string value = "2011-09-02 15:30:20";
DateTime datetime;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(value, format, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateDefault , out datetime))
Console.WriteLine("Valido : " + datetime);
else
Console.WriteLine("Invalido");
Link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7280265/check-if-a-string-contains-date-or-not