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Asked: 2026-06-05T14:23:11+00:00

I rarely parse xml files and when I try to use the features integrated

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I rarely parse xml files and when I try to use the features integrated in Linq2Xml. However today I stumbled upon a date format I am not able to cast via: 

XElement element = ...
var date = (DateTime)element;

The date is in the following format:

01/28/2009 02:31:54 CET

I already tried to parse the date using TryParse in various combinations, cultures, but whatever format I try the datetime parser complains about the space at position 20. Is there a way to parse this date without splitting the string or doing awkward things?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It sounds like the timezone abbreviations (e.g. CET) aren’t recognized. Do you know the offset?

    This person is having a related problem:
    Parse DateTime with time zone of form PST/CEST/UTC/etc

    An example from his post:

    DateTime dt1 = DateTime.ParseExact("24-okt-08 21:09:06 CEST".Replace("CEST", "+2"), "dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss z", culture);

    Obviously your date time format is a bit different, but it’s an idea to bail you out.

    If you can, ask the person giving you the XML to generate the date/times with ISO 8601 format to avoid custom parsing.

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