Try to parse string to DateTimeOffset with various possible formats in CSharp
Description
The following code shows how to try to parse string to DateTimeOffset with various possible formats.
Example
using System;/*w ww . ja va2 s .co m*/
using System.Globalization;
public class MainClass
{
public static void Main(String[] argv)
{
string input = String.Empty;
string[] formats = new string[] {"M/dd/yyyy HH:m zzz", "MM/dd/yyyy HH:m zzz",
"M/d/yyyy HH:m zzz", "MM/d/yyyy HH:m zzz",
"M/dd/yy HH:m zzz", "MM/dd/yy HH:m zzz",
"M/d/yy HH:m zzz", "MM/d/yy HH:m zzz",
"M/dd/yyyy H:m zzz", "MM/dd/yyyy H:m zzz",
"M/d/yyyy H:m zzz", "MM/d/yyyy H:m zzz",
"M/dd/yy H:m zzz", "MM/dd/yy H:m zzz",
"M/d/yy H:m zzz", "MM/d/yy H:m zzz",
"M/dd/yyyy HH:mm zzz", "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm zzz",
"M/d/yyyy HH:mm zzz", "MM/d/yyyy HH:mm zzz",
"M/dd/yy HH:mm zzz", "MM/dd/yy HH:mm zzz",
"M/d/yy HH:mm zzz", "MM/d/yy HH:mm zzz",
"M/dd/yyyy H:mm zzz", "MM/dd/yyyy H:mm zzz",
"M/d/yyyy H:mm zzz", "MM/d/yyyy H:mm zzz",
"M/dd/yy H:mm zzz", "MM/dd/yy H:mm zzz",
"M/d/yy H:mm zzz", "MM/d/yy H:mm zzz"};
IFormatProvider provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.DateTimeFormat;
DateTimeOffset result;
input = "31/12/09";
if (DateTimeOffset.TryParseExact(input, formats, provider,
DateTimeStyles.AllowWhiteSpaces,
out result))
{
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Unable to parse {0}.", input);
}
Console.WriteLine(result.ToString());
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
