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Parse a string with time zone information

 
Imports System.Globalization

Class MainClass
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim enUS As New CultureInfo("en-US") 
        Dim dateString As String
        Dim dateValue As Date
        
        dateString = "05/01/2009 01:30:42 PM -05:00" 
        Try
           dateValue = Date.ParseExact(dateString, "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt zzz", enUS, DateTimeStyles.None)
           Console.WriteLine(dateValue)
        Catch e As FormatException
           Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is not in an acceptable format.", dateString)
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

   
  








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