Convert string with date & UTC offset to DateTime

Question

I am trying to parse a string "20160918000500 +0200" to DateTime containing offset value "+0200".

I tried the following but it gives invalid DateTime exception.

DateTime dtDateTime = DateTime.Parse("20160918000500 +0200",new CultureInfo("yyyyMMddHHmmss zzz"));

Is there a way to convert the String exactly to Datetime with UTC offset value?

Check - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/179940/convert-utc-gmt-time-to-local-time — Mrinal Kamboj, Sep 18 '16 at 16:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 18 '16 at 18:18

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To preserve your Offset, use the DateTimeOffset.ParseExact method:

string str = "20160918000500 +0200";
var result = DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(str, "yyyyMMddHHmmss zzz", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
Console.WriteLine(result);

answered Sep 18 '16 at 18:18

Raktim Biswas

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 18 '16 at 16:52

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I would suggest to try out one of ParseExact methods of DateTime class

answered Sep 18 '16 at 16:52

mkonvisar

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It would be better to parse `DateTimeOffset` instead of `DateTime` since string contains UTF Offset part. – Soner Gönül Sep 18 '16 at 18:39

Convert string with date & UTC offset to DateTime

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