Custom TryParse Date Format

Question

I am trying to parse a date and time stamp from an external system as follows:

DateTime expiration; DateTime.TryParse("2011-04-28T14:00:00", out expiration); 

Unfortunately, it is not recognized. How can I analyze this successfully?

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Answer 1

Specify the exact format you want in DateTime.TryParseExact :

 DateTime expiration; string text = "2011-04-28T14:00:00"; bool success = DateTime.TryParseExact(text, "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out expiration); 

Answer 2

you can use DateTime.TryParseExact instead.

How to create .NET DateTime from ISO 8601 format

Answer 3

try it

 DateTime expiration; DateTime.TryParse("2011-04-28 14:00:00", out expiration); 

Without the use of "T".

Answer 4

You need to add "00000Z" to your string argument.

 DateTime.TryParse("2011-04-28T14:00:0000000Z", out expiration); 

Answer 5

The user DateTime.TryParseExact function is as follows:

 DateTime dateValue; if (DateTime.TryParseExact(dateString, "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss", new CultureInfo("en-US"), DateTimeStyles.None, out dateValue)) { // Do Something .. } 

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