C#: String representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent
C# Sharp DateTime: Exercise-42 with Solution
Write a C# Sharp program to convert the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent. This is done using the specified format, culture-specific format information, and style.
Sample Solution:-
C# Sharp Code:
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class Example42
{
public static void Main()
{
string dateString;
CultureInfo culture;
DateTimeStyles styles;
DateTime dateResult;
// Parse a date and time with no styles.
dateString = "05/06/2016 10:00 AM";
culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("de-DE");
styles = DateTimeStyles.None;
if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, out dateResult))
Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.",
dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind);
else
Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.",
dateString);
// Parse the same date and time with the AssumeLocal style.
styles = DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal;
if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, out dateResult))
Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.",
dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind);
else
Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString);
// Parse a date and time that is assumed to be local.
// This time is five hours behind UTC. The local system's time zone is
// eight hours behind UTC.
dateString = "2016/05/06T10:00:00-5:00";
styles = DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal;
if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, out dateResult))
Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.",
dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind);
else
Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString);
// Attempt to convert a string in improper ISO 8601 format.
dateString = "05/06/2016T10:00:00-5:00";
if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, out dateResult))
Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.",
dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind);
else
Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString);
// Assume a date and time string formatted for the fr-BE culture is the local
// time and convert it to UTC.
dateString = "2015-05-06 10:00";
culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("fr-BE");
styles = DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal | DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal;
if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, out dateResult))
Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.",
dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind);
else
Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString);
}
}
Sample Output:
05/06/2016 10:00 AM converted to 6/5/2016 10:00:00 AM Unspecified. 05/06/2016 10:00 AM converted to 6/5/2016 10:00:00 AM Local. 2016/05/06T10:00:00-5:00 converted to 5/6/2016 8:30:00 PM Local. Unable to convert 05/06/2016T10:00:00-5:00 to a date and time. 2015-05-06 10:00 converted to 5/6/2015 4:30:00 AM Utc.
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