How can I parse a datetime string containing GMT in the end as its timezone? [duplicate]

Question

I have a datetime in the following format: Wed, 03 September 2013 02:05:50 GMT

Now when i try to parse this string to a datetime object using a mask, i get a formatexception

DateTime parsed = DateTime.ParseExact("Wed, 03 September 2013 02:05:50 GMT", "ddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

I did check DateTime.Now with the above mask, and it matches the date i want to parse exactly. How can i parse this date?

Answer 1

Try this:

DateTime parsed = DateTime.ParseExact("Tue, 03 September 2013 02:05:50 GMT", 
                                      "ddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", 
                                       CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

You should use Z for utc as "GMT". And the 3th of September was on a Tuesday.

Answer 2

You may try:

var input = "Tue, 03 September 2013 02:05:50 GMT";
var parsed = DateTime.ParseExact(input,
    "ddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT'",
    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
Console.WriteLine(parsed);
Console.WriteLine(parsed.ToLocalTime());