DateTimeOffset.Parse Method (String)
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Converts the specified string representation of a date, time, and offset to its DateTimeOffset equivalent.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- input
- Type: System.String
A string that contains a date and time to convert.
Return Value
Type: System.DateTimeOffsetAn object that is equivalent to the date and time that is contained in input.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentException | The offset is greater than 14 hours or less than -14 hours. |
| ArgumentNullException | input is Nothing. |
| FormatException | input does not contain a valid string representation of a date and time. -or- input contains the string representation of an offset value without a date or time. |
Parse(String) parses a string with three elements that can appear in any order and are delimited by white space. These three elements are as shown in the following table.
Element | Example |
|---|---|
<Date> | "2/10/2007" |
<Time> | "1:02:03 PM" |
<Offset> | "-7:30:15" |
Although each of these elements is optional, <Offset> cannot appear by itself. It must be provided together with either <Date> or <Time>. If <Date> is missing, its default value is the current day. If <Time> is missing, its default value is 12:00:00 AM. If <Offset> is missing, its default value is the offset of the local time zone. <Offset> can represent either a negative or a positive offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). In either case, <Offset> must include a sign symbol.
The input string is parsed by using the formatting information in a DateTimeFormatInfo object that is initialized for the current culture. This means that the input parameter must contain the current culture's representation of a date and time. To parse a string that contains designated formatting that does not necessarily correspond to the formatting of the current culture, use the ParseExact method and provide a format specifier.
The following example calls the Parse(String) method to parse several date and time strings. The example includes output from March 22, 2007, on a system whose culture is en-us.
Dim dateString As String Dim offsetDate As DateTimeOffset ' String with date only dateString = "05/01/2008" offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString) outputBlock.Text &= offsetDate.ToString() & vbCrLf ' Displays 5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM -07:00 ' String with time only dateString = "11:36 PM" offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString) outputBlock.Text &= offsetDate.ToString() & vbCrLf ' Displays 3/26/2007 11:36:00 PM -07:00 ' String with date and offset dateString = "05/01/2008 +7:00" offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString) outputBlock.Text &= offsetDate.ToString() & vbCrLf ' Displays 5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM +07:00 ' String with day abbreviation dateString = "Thu May 01, 2008" offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString) outputBlock.Text &= offsetDate.ToString() & vbCrLf ' Displays 5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM -07:00