Convert string to Datetime c#

Question

I get two string. string a and string b.

string a="\n 17 Oct \n \n 2013";

string b=//I get UTC time in string format

I need to convert this to "2013-10-17 00-00-00.000" in datetime format. How do I achive this?

Are those supposed to be newline characters with backslashes? And please show exactly what you have for string b. Have you tried anything? — Matt Johnson-Pint
– Matt Johnson-Pint, Commented Oct 17, 2013 at 4:28

Napivo · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-17 04:54:18Z

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I think the first example makes no problem when you remove the /n from the string

string a = "\n 17 Oct \n \n 2013";
string b = a.Replace("\n", "");

DateTime D = DateTime.Parse(b);

I am not sure if I used the correct string for the second one. This one comes from the world clock website http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx

string utc = " 4:37 AM \n Thursday, October 17, 2013";
string b1 = utc.Replace("\n", "");

DateTime DateUtc = DateTime.Parse(b1);

Both seem to get parsed as expected.

answered Oct 17, 2013 at 4:49

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Jonathan Henson · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-17 04:26:56Z

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The cleanest way is probably to use DateTime.TryParse() with a custom IFormatProvider, or you can use DateTime.TryParseExact().

answered Oct 17, 2013 at 4:26

Jonathan Henson

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More likely, DateTime.TryParseExact