Try to parse string(06/15/2014 15:15 -05:00) to DateTimeOffset in CSharp

Description

The following code shows how to try to parse string(06/15/2014 15:15 -05:00) to DateTimeOffset.

Example


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using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    string dateString, format;  
    DateTimeOffset result;
    IFormatProvider provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
    

    dateString = " 06/15/   2014  15:15    -05:00";
    format = "MM/dd/yyyy H:mm zzz";
    if (DateTimeOffset.TryParseExact(dateString, format, provider, 
                                     DateTimeStyles.AllowWhiteSpaces, 
                                     out result))
       Console.WriteLine("'{0}' converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
    else
       Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is not in the correct format.", dateString);
    
    dateString = "  06/15/2014 15:15:30 -05:00";   
    format = "MM/dd/yyyy H:mm:ss zzz";       
    if (DateTimeOffset.TryParseExact(dateString, format, provider, 
                                    DateTimeStyles.AllowWhiteSpaces | 
                                    DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal, 
                                    out result))
       Console.WriteLine("'{0}' converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
    else
       Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is not in the correct format.", dateString);


    
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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