C# DateTimeOffset Parse(String)

Description

DateTimeOffset Parse(String) converts the specified string representation of a date, time, and offset to its DateTimeOffset equivalent.

Syntax

DateTimeOffset.Parse(String) has the following syntax.


public static DateTimeOffset Parse(
  string input
)

Parameters

DateTimeOffset.Parse(String) has the following parameters.

input - A string that contains a date and time to convert.

Returns

DateTimeOffset.Parse(String) method returns An object that is equivalent to the date and time that is contained in input.

Example

The following example calls the Parse(String) method to parse several date and time strings.


/*www  .  j  a  v a  2  s.c om*/
using System;

public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    string dateString;
    DateTimeOffset offsetDate; 
    
    // String with date only
    dateString = "05/01/2014";
    offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString);
    Console.WriteLine(offsetDate.ToString());
    
    // String with time only
    dateString = "11:36 PM";
    offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString);
    Console.WriteLine(offsetDate.ToString());
    
    // String with date and offset 
    dateString = "05/01/2014 +1:00";
    offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString);
    Console.WriteLine(offsetDate.ToString());
    
    // String with day abbreviation
    dateString = "Thu May 01, 2014";
    offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString);
    Console.WriteLine(offsetDate.ToString());

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.