Question

PayPal sends payment datetime like:

09%3A37%3A22+Nov+18%2C+2012+PST

I try to convert it by this code but getting an exception.

Any clue about how to parse it?

Thank you!

DateTime paymentDate;
DateTime.TryParse(WebUtility.HtmlDecode(r["payment_date"]), out paymentDate);
n.PaymentDate = paymentDate; // payment_date=09%3A37%3A22+Nov+18%2C+2012+PST

Answer 1

This should do the trick:

DateTime paymentDate;
DateTime.TryParseExact(HttpUtility.UrlDecode(r["payment_date"]),
    "HH:mm:ss MMM dd, yyyy PST", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
    DateTimeStyles.None, out paymentDate);