Unable to parse string to DateTime

Question

I have this string:

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:26:42 PST

I tries to parse it like that:

DateTime.TryParse("Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:26:42 PST", out date)

Or like that:

Convert.ToDateTime("Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:26:42 PST")

And it throws to me:

MESSAGE: The string was not recognized as a valid DateTime. There is an unknown word starting at index 26.

Any idea what is wrong and how can I fix it?

`PST` is not recognized as a valid part of a `DateTime` string. — Oded, Jan 14 '12 at 11:00
It is not in a recognized format. Timezones that are recognized in strings for parsing would have the format `+0700` or `-00:30`, for example. The .NET framework does not recognize named timezones like `PST` or `GMT`. — Oded, Jan 14 '12 at 11:04
Checkout the following question: http://stackoverflow.com/q/284775/29407 — Darin Dimitrov, Jan 14 '12 at 11:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 14 '12 at 11:04

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its impossible to do it by default function such as , convert , format .. etc.you should write a function to parse it manualy.in it ,extract the weekday & time & date ... then create a valid date string or directly a date variable.

answered Jan 14 '12 at 11:04

msk

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '12 at 11:06

With named timezones, you can create a dictionary that maps the names to the actual timezone difference in the format recognized - then, use this dictionary to replace named timezones with their recognized format.

At this point you will have a string that can be parsed by the framework.

Dictionary<string,string> namedToActualTZ = new Dictionary<string,string>();
namedToActualTZ.Add("PST", "-0800");

Unable to parse string to DateTime

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