C# string to DateTime conversion [duplicate]

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Parse C# string to DateTime

I am facing a problem while converting string to DateTime.

I have the datetime string as

20120104073010.221-0700

I want to parse it to get DateTime object. Another thing, i am not sure if a . occures or not in the milliseconds part.

Is there any general way to parse such strings?

question has been asked zillions of times here in SO: stackoverflow.com/questions/7580809/… — Davide Piras
– Davide Piras, Commented Jan 12, 2012 at 11:38
In that particular case, it might be worth handling the core time, the optional millis, and the timezone separately. I'd whack it into 3 pieces, personally. The core part is as Davide mentions; the rest is different, though — Marc Gravell
– Marc Gravell, Commented Jan 12, 2012 at 11:39

Oded · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-12 11:39:28Z

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You can use a custom Date and Time format string with ParseExact or TryParseExact.

Your date/time string looks like this format:

"yyyyMMddHHmmss.fffK"

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("20120104073010.221-0700", 
                                  "yyyyMMddHHmmss.fffK",
                                  CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

ParseExact will throw an exception if it fails, so you may want to use TryParseExact that would return false on failing instead of throwing.

answered Jan 12, 2012 at 11:39

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David M · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-12 11:39:18Z

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You might want to look at the DateTime.ParseExact method, which would allow you to specify a format string of the form "yyyyMMddHHmmss.fffzzz". This format string should handle the datetime string you have.

answered Jan 12, 2012 at 11:39

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