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Parse string to DateTime in C#

I am getting date and time returned from an API as a string in the following format:

Mon Aug 13 15:04:51 -0400 2012

Does anyone have experience with how I can turn this into a DateTime?

Answer 1

How about

DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("Mon Aug 13 15:04:51 -0400 2012",
                                  "ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss K yyyy",
                                  CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

You should read about Custom Date and Time Format Strings