Question

I’m having problems with DateTime.ParseExact method which is throwing exceptions that my input string is not in correct format.

Code follows :

class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var rawDate = "Thu, 08 nov 2012 15:19:18 0";
            var _format = "ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss K";
            var date = DateTime.ParseExact(rawDate, _format, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        }
    }

I found a few similar threads here on SO with exact date format and nobody reports any problem there.

I followed this as my guide :

ddd = Three letter Day of week
MMM = Three letter month
dd = Two digit day of month 01-31  (use "d" for 1-31)
HH = Hours using 24-hour clock. 00-24  (use "H" for 0-24)
mm = Minutes. 00-59
ss = Seconds. 00-59
K = Time zone information
yyyy = 4-digit year

What can be cause of exceptions?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

I think your ‘K’ might be a bit off.

The link here might give an explanation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx#KSpecifier

You can leave this blank and drop the 0 – K