C# DateTimeOffset ParseExact(String, String, IFormatProvider)

Description

DateTimeOffset ParseExact(String, String, IFormatProvider) converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTimeOffset equivalent using the specified format and culture-specific format information. The format of the string representation must match the specified format exactly.

Syntax

DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(String, String, IFormatProvider) has the following syntax.

public static DateTimeOffset ParseExact(
  string input,/*from   w  w w  .  j av  a 2s. com*/
  string format,
  IFormatProvider formatProvider
)

Parameters

DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(String, String, IFormatProvider) has the following parameters.

• input - A string that contains a date and time to convert.
• format - A format specifier that defines the expected format of input.
• formatProvider - An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information about input.

Returns

DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(String, String, IFormatProvider) method returns An object that is equivalent to the date and time that is contained in input as specified by format and formatProvider.

Example

The following example uses the DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(String, String, IFormatProvider) method with standard and custom format specifiers and the invariant culture to parse several date and time strings.

using System;/*w  w  w.  j ava  2s  .  c om*/
using System.Globalization;
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    string dateString, format;  
    DateTimeOffset result;
    CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
    
    dateString = "06/15/2014";
    format = "d";
    try
    {
       result = DateTimeOffset.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 = "6/15/2014";
    try
    {
       result = DateTimeOffset.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.