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Parse string to DateTime in C#
I am getting date and time returned from an API as a string in the following format:
Mon Aug 13 15:04:51 -0400 2012
Does anyone have experience with how I can turn this into a DateTime?
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You could split the string for whitespaces and then use the constructor of DateTime to create your date.oopbase– oopbase2012-08-16 13:50:41 +00:00Commented Aug 16, 2012 at 13:50
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have a look here or here or heredefault– default2012-08-16 13:51:09 +00:00Commented Aug 16, 2012 at 13:51
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How about
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("Mon Aug 13 15:04:51 -0400 2012",
"ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss K yyyy",
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
You should read about Custom Date and Time Format Strings
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Oded
You have missed the timezone portion. You can use
K for this: "ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss K yyyy"
Nikhil Agrawal
@Oded: In my TimeZone ("India Standard Time", +5h:30m), this conversion is giving me 14/08/2012 00:34:51. Why is that so?
Oded
The time difference is
5:30 + 4 = 9:30, so 9 and a half hours of difference. That's exactly the amount of time added to get your result. Make sense? In other words, 15:04 in central Brazil is the same point in time as 00:34 in India (not taking DST into account).Nikhil Agrawal
@Oded: Yup. But one more ques. How to make sure that i also get
13/08/2012 15:04:51Oded
You need to use the same culture - instead of the defaul or
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture when formatting, try pt-Br. |
Have a look at the DateTime.Parse method.
Or if you are not sure that the parsing will succeed, use the DateTime.TryParse method.
For unconventional date and time strings use the DateTime.ParseExact method.
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