Convert string Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 UTC+0800 2014 to datetime in vb.net mvc 5

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Hi Sir/s,

Good day.

I'm having a hard time on finding conversion of this date string to date time
in vb.net mvc 5
Here's my sample string date:

Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 UTC+0800 2014

I would like to convert this string to datetime value

I made this solution but still I'm getting this error:

String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.

Here's my existing code in vb.net

C#

'Dim datestring As [String] = "Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 UTC+0800 2014"
                   Dim datestring As [String] = descriptor.Value.ToString
                   Dim d = datestring.Split(New Char() {" "c}, 5).Take(4)
                   Dim dt As DateTime = DateTime.Parse(d.Aggregate(Function(x, y) x + " " + y))
                   descriptor.Value = dt

I hope someone could help me. Thank you in advance...

Posted 23-Jul-14 21:58pm

Silver Lightning

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-23T22:37:00

Solution 1

Try using DateTime.TryParseExact:

VB

Dim [date] As String = "Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 UTC+0800 2014"
Dim dat As DateTime
If DateTime.TryParseExact([date], "ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss 'UTC'zzz yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, dat) Then
    Console.WriteLine(dat)
End If

By "stringifying" the UTC indicator and adding the "zzz" UTC-plus-offset code it shoudl do what you want.

Posted 23-Jul-14 22:37pm

OriginalGriff

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Silver Lightning 24-Jul-14 5:14am

It works, please accept my highest gratitude to you...

OriginalGriff 24-Jul-14 5:49am

You're welcome!