TryParse special date-format

Question

I try to parse a date-time stamp from an external system as following:

DateTime expiration;
DateTime.TryParse("2011-04-28T14:00:00", out expiration);

Unfortunately it is not recognized. How can I parse this successfully?

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Answer 1

Specify the exact format you want in DateTime.TryParseExact:

DateTime expiration;

string text = "2011-04-28T14:00:00";
bool success = DateTime.TryParseExact(text,
                                      "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss",
                                      CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
                                      DateTimeStyles.None,
                                      out expiration);

Answer 2

you can use DateTime.TryParseExact instead.

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