Question

I have this parameter below

token[10] =”Date: UTC 2012-02-02 17:09:04″

i wrote the following code to extract only year and month,so it suppose to be “201202”.
is this anyway i can get only those value with out using split,i know we can use regex too but is this any other way to extract those values

        string Encdate = tokens[10];
        string[] EncdateValue = Encdate.ToString().Split(' ');
        string Encdatesplit = EncdateValue[2].TrimStart();
        string[] YYMM = Encdatesplit.ToString().Split('-');
        string YYMMVal = YYMM[0] + YYMM[1];

Answer 1

Just use DateTime.ParseExact method and access the Year and Month properties from the returned DateTime object, otherwise use Date/Time string formatters and the DateTime.ToString(string) method to get the yyyyMM format, here is an example:

        var d = DateTime.ParseExact(token, "'Date: UTC' yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", 
                CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, 
                DateTimeStyles.AllowWhiteSpaces | DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal);

        Console.WriteLine(d.ToString("yyyyMM"));