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Parse date and time with custom specifier

 
Imports System.Globalization

Module MainClass
   Public Sub Main()

        Dim dateString, format As String  
        Dim result As Date
        Dim provider As CultureInfo = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
        
        dateString = "Sun 15 Jun 2010 8:30 AM -06:00"
        format = "ddd dd MMM yyyy h:mm tt zzz"        
        Try
           result = Date.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider)
           Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString())
        Catch e As FormatException
           Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString)
        End Try 

   End Sub
End Module








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