How to convert string into datetime

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Hi Experts,

I am new to C# world and this forum as well,
My requirement is that a string I am getting from XML and string is like this

"

2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

"

I want to convert this into Date time so that i can further proceed .

Suggest me
Thanks.

What I have tried:

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Posted 27-Feb-17 18:36pm

Member 13027678

Updated 27-Feb-17 20:15pm

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Solution 1

Hello,

You can simply code like this:

var date = Convert.ToDateTime("2017-01-17T00:00:00Z");

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Posted 27-Feb-17 18:50pm

Hitesh-Systematix

Updated 27-Feb-17 18:58pm

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Hi peter ,Thanks for prompt reply
your code worked for me .

Thanks

Posted 27-Feb-17 20:15pm

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Peter Leow · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-27T19:02:00

Solution 2

Try DateTime.TryParse Method (String, DateTime) (System)[^]. An example:

using System;
					
public class Program
{
	public static void Main()
	{
        string input = "2017-01-17T00:00:00Z";
        DateTime dateTime;
        if (DateTime.TryParse(input, out dateTime))
        {
            Console.WriteLine(dateTime);
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Invalid");
        }
	}
}

Posted 27-Feb-17 19:02pm

Peter Leow

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Member 13027678 28-Feb-17 2:17am

Just I wanted to know in that string what is 'T' and 'Z'
Thanks

Peter Leow 28-Feb-17 2:39am

T as delimiter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Combined_date_and_time_representations
Z for UTC time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#UTC