Question

i have a string date in the following format

 Thu Jan  5 19:58:58 2012

I need to parse this string to System.DateTime TimeReceived variable using DateTime.Parse() method.

Any one knows how to parse this string?

Answer 1

You could use the TryParseExact method which allows you to specify a format:

var str = "Thu Jan 5 19:58:58 2012";
DateTime date;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(str, "ddd MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out date))
{
    // the date was successfully parsed, you could use the date variable here
    Console.WriteLine("{0:HH:mm:ss dd/MMM/yy}", date);
}