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I'm trying to parse an international datetime string similar to:
24-okt-08 21:09:06 CEST So far I've got something like:
CultureInfo culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("nl-BE"); DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("24-okt-08 21:09:06 CEST", "dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss ...", culture); The problem is what should I use for the '...' in the format string? Looking at the Custom Date and Time Format String MSDN page doesn't seem to list a format string for parsing timezones in PST/CEST/GMT/UTC form.
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DateTime does not know its timezone offset. There is no built-in method to return the offset or the timezone name (e.g. EAT, CEST, EST etc). Like suggested by others, you can convert your date to UTC: DateTime localtime = new DateTime.
To convert the time in a non-local time zone to UTC, use the TimeZoneInfo. ConvertTimeToUtc(DateTime, TimeZoneInfo) method. To convert a time whose offset from UTC is known, use the ToUniversalTime method. If the date and time instance value is an ambiguous time, this method assumes that it is a standard time.
AFAIK the time zone abbreviations are not recognized. However if you replace the abbreviation with the time zone offset, it will be OK. E.g.:
DateTime dt1 = DateTime.ParseExact("24-okt-08 21:09:06 CEST".Replace("CEST", "+2"), "dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss z", culture); DateTime dt2 = DateTime.ParseExact("24-okt-08 21:09:06 CEST".Replace("CEST", "+02"), "dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss zz", culture); DateTime dt3 = DateTime.ParseExact("24-okt-08 21:09:06 CEST".Replace("CEST", "+02:00"), "dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss zzz", culture); If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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