I have been provided a time in this format "ddMMyyHHmmss". I know the time is in UTC format. I would like to use the NodaTime library to convert this to my local timezone but I can't seem to figure it out. My local timezone target is to be New Zealand.
Here's what I have tried:
var pattern = LocalDateTimePattern.CreateWithInvariantCulture("ddMMyyHHmmss");
var parseResult = pattern.Parse(utcDateTime);
if (!parseResult.Success)
{
throw new InvalidDataException("Invalid time specified " + date + time);
}
var timeZone = DateTimeZoneProviders.Bcl["New Zealand Standard Time"];
var zone = new ZonedDateTime(
localDateTime,
timeZone,
timeZone.GetUtcOffset(SystemClock.Instance.Now));
return new DateTime(zone.ToInstant().Ticks);
// Since your input value is in UTC, parse it directly as an Instant.
var pattern = InstantPattern.CreateWithInvariantCulture("ddMMyyHHmmss");
var parseResult = pattern.Parse("150713192900");
if (!parseResult.Success)
throw new InvalidDataException("...whatever...");
var instant = parseResult.Value;
Debug.WriteLine(instant); // 2013-07-15T19:29:00Z
// You will always be better off with the tzdb, but either of these will work.
var timeZone = DateTimeZoneProviders.Tzdb["Pacific/Auckland"];
//var timeZone = DateTimeZoneProviders.Bcl["New Zealand Standard Time"];
// Convert the instant to the zone's local time
var zonedDateTime = instant.InZone(timeZone);
Debug.WriteLine(zonedDateTime);
// Local: 7/16/2013 7:29:00 AM Offset: +12 Zone: Pacific/Auckland
// and if you must have a DateTime, get it like this
var bclDateTime = zonedDateTime.ToDateTimeUnspecified();
Debug.WriteLine(bclDateTime.ToString("o")); // 2013-07-16T07:29:00.0000000