C# to Convert String to DateTime

Question

How to convert the below string to DateTime in C#?

Mon Apr 22 07:56:21 +0000 2013

When i tried the code with

Convert.ToDateTime("Mon Apr 22 07:56:21 +0000 2013")

it is throwing error as

String was not considered as valid DateTime

Answer 1

You have basically two options for this. DateTime.Parse() and DateTime.ParseExact(). like

DateTime parseexactdt = DateTime.ParseExact("Mon Apr 22 07:56:21 +0000 2013",
                                   "ddd MMM d HH:mm:ss +0000 yyyy",
                                   CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Answer 2

string input = "Mon Apr 22 07:56:21 +0000 2013";
string format = "ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss +ffff yyyy";
DateTime dt;
if(DateTime.TryParseExact(input,format,  CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
            DateTimeStyles.None,out dt))
{
    // do something with dt
}

Answer 3

You can use this:

using System;
using System.Globalization;

namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            CultureInfo cult = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;

            string txt = "Mon Apr 22 07:56:21 +0000 2013";
            string format = "ddd MMM dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy";
            DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(txt, format, cult);

        }
    }
}

If you run program from country with +06:00, you get time 13:56:21 with same date

Answer 4

You have to specify that your input string is in a particular format. Please refer this link and this one too.

Answer 5

Use DateTime.ParseExact like:

string str = "Mon Apr 22 07:56:21 +0000 2013";
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(str,
                                   "ddd MMM d HH:mm:ss +0000 yyyy",
                                   CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Answer 6

Try DateTime.ParseExact instead.

Example:

CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
dateString = "Sun 15 Jun 2008 8:30 AM -06:00";
format = "ddd dd MMM yyyy h:mm tt zzz";
result = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);

More examples are available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w2sa9yss.aspx