Parse string(Sun 15 Jun 2008 8:30 AM -06:00) to DateTime in CSharp
Description
The following code shows how to parse string(Sun 15 Jun 2008 8:30 AM -06:00) to DateTime.
Example
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using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
string dateString, format;
DateTime result;
CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
dateString = "Sun 15 Jun 2008 8:30 AM -06:00";
format = "ddd dd MMM yyyy h:mm tt zzz";
try {
result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
}
catch (FormatException) {
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);
}
dateString = "Sun 15 Jun 2008 8:30 AM -06";
try {
result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
}
catch (FormatException) {
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);
}
}
}
The code above generates the following result.