How to convert string with a T and Z to DateTime

Question

I have the following string:

20150521T205510Z

How do I go about converting this to DateTime? Do I need to parse the date first then time? Or is there a way to plug this into DateTime.Parse() to get the correct value?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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You could try something like this:

var dateString = "20150521T205510Z";

var date = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString,
                   "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss'Z'",
                   CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

I referenced the answer from: DateTime.Parse("2012-09-30T23:00:00.0000000Z") always converts to DateTimeKind.Local

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered May 26 '15 at 18:22

austin wernli

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Thanks this made sense. I didnt know that there was a built in way to handle dates with other characters thrown in. – Sean P May 26 '15 at 18:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 26 '15 at 18:09

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Use function DateTime.ParseExact.

Additional information: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w2sa9yss%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

answered May 26 '15 at 18:09

Riad Baghbanli

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I do not see in the MSDN page how to skip the T and the Z. – Sean P May 26 '15 at 18:20
result = DateTime.ParseExact(yourDateString, "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss'Z'", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); – Riad Baghbanli May 26 '15 at 18:25

How to convert string with a T and Z to DateTime

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