using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

using System.IO;

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var date = DateTime.Parse("2017-03-08T21:43:33.00");

        //Console.WriteLine(date);

        string testData = @"<StepList>

                        <Step>

                            <Name>Craig</Name>

                            <Desc>Desc1</Desc>

                        </Step>

                        <Step>

                            <Name>Name2</Name>

                            <Desc>Desc2</Desc>

                        </Step>

                    </StepList>";

​

        XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(StepList));

        using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(testData))

        {

            StepList result = (StepList) serializer.Deserialize(reader);

            Console.WriteLine(result.Steps[0].Name);

        }

    }

    public static bool imTrue(){

        Console.WriteLine("I'm True");

        return true;

    }

}

​

[XmlRoot("StepList")]

public class StepList

{

    [XmlElement("Step")]

    public List<Step> Steps { get; set; }

}

​

public class Step

{

    [XmlElement("Name")]

    public string Name { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("Desc")]

    public string Desc { get; set; }

}