I have a string s = "May 16, 2010 7:20:12 AM CDT
that i want to convert into a DateTime object. In the code below i get a Date format cannot be converted error when attempting to parse the text with a known format.
timeStamp = matches[0].Groups[1].Value;
dt = DateTime.ParseExact(timeStamp, "MMM dd, yyyy H:mm:ss tt", null);
The timezone comes in as CDT UTC... and i think is whats causing the problem or my format?
Central Daylight Time
Try this:
string dts = "May 16, 2010 7:20:12 AM CDT";
DateTime dt =
DateTime.ParseExact(dts.Replace("CDT", "-05:00"), "MMM dd, yyyy H:mm:ss tt zzz", null);
EDIT:
For daylight savings time please consider DateTime.IsDaylightSavingTime and TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone
Custom Date and Time Format Strings
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