c# date time parse from Fri Feb 21 23:07:58 +0000 2020

Question

I have the following date

string dateTimeText = @"Fri Feb 21 23:07:58 +0000 2020";

I want to parse it:

DateTime.ParseExact(dateTimeText, "D M dd HH:mm:ss +ssss yyyy", new CultureInfo("en-US"));

this implementation throws exception. Thanks

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-date-and-time-format-strings. The 3 letter abreviation for day is [`ddd`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-date-and-time-format-strings#dddSpecifier), and for mounth its [`MMM`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-date-and-time-format-strings#MMM_Specifier) But what is *+ssss* suppose to be ? May be you mean fraction of seconf [`ffff`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-date-and-time-format-strings#ffffSpecifier) or time zone ? — Drag and Drop, Feb 26 '20 at 07:18
Does this answer your question? [Parse string to DateTime in C#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5366285/parse-string-to-datetime-in-c-sharp) — Drag and Drop, Feb 26 '20 at 07:21
It does not matter how you shuffle your date input string the answer is still the same ParseExact + check the documentation for Custom format. You can use classical debug jutsu. By cutting your input string in half on a separator an try that part of parse exact to narrow down to the part you have issue with. — Drag and Drop, Feb 26 '20 at 07:26

Dmitry Bychenko · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-26T07:30:51.983

Well, if +ssss (+0000) stands for TimeZone (so +0000 means GMT) the pattern is

  "ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzzz yyyy"

I.E.

  string dateTimeText = "Fri Feb 21 23:07:58 +0000 2020";

  var result = DateTime.ParseExact(
      dateTimeText, 
    @"ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzzz yyyy", 
      CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US"));

In case +ssss and (an corresponding +0000) are fractions of seconds the pattern will be

   "ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss' +'FFFF yyyy"

c# date time parse from Fri Feb 21 23:07:58 +0000 2020

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