Parse DateTime From Odd Format [duplicate]

Question

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Parsing a complicated string as DateTime

I have a string date with time that I'd like to parse into a DateTime. I'm not quite sure how to tackle it because of the odd format. Help is appreciated.

Example: Mon Mar 24 13-42-30 2008

Answer 1

DateTime.ParseExact should do what you want:

var dateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(
    "Mon Mar 24 13-42-30 2008",
    "ddd MMM dd HH-mm-ss yyyy",
    CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);

Can someone tell me the difference between using CultureInfo.CurrentCulture and CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, like the other answers? I was assuming things like the day name and month name might need to be parsed in their native language. Thanks.

Answer 2

Try:

var theDate = DateTime.ParseExact(
    "Fri Jul 13 13-42-30 2012", 
    "ddd MMM dd HH-mm-ss yyyy", 
    System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Date string formatting options can be found here.