How to convert this 05:41:33 Apr 23, 2012 PDT value to datetime in C#? [duplicate]

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Parse DateTime with timezone of form PST/CEST/UTC/etc
How to Convert PDT Time string to DateTime

I want to convert this value 05:41:33 Apr 23, 2012 PDT to datetime .

i am trying this but it is giving an error.

 DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime("05:41:33 Apr 23, 2012 PDT");

Please help me guys how we can do it in C#.

Thanks,Rajbir

Answer 1

The PDT is not recognizable as a timezone by any of the parsing options for a DateTime in the BCL.

If you convert it to -0700 before parse it will parse ok.

string correctedTZ = "05:41:33 Apr 23, 2012 PDT".Replace("PDT", "-0700");
DateTime dt = Convert.ToDateTime(correctedTZ);