DateTimeOffset.Parse Method (String)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Parse ( _
    input As String _
) As DateTimeOffset

public static DateTimeOffset Parse(
    string input
)

Exceptions

Remarks

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.

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.

Examples

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

string dateString;
DateTimeOffset offsetDate;

// String with date only
dateString = "05/01/2008";
offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString);
outputBlock.Text += offsetDate.ToString() + "\n";

// String with time only
dateString = "11:36 PM";
offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString);
outputBlock.Text += offsetDate.ToString() + "\n";

// String with date and offset 
dateString = "05/01/2008 +1:00";
offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString);
outputBlock.Text += offsetDate.ToString() + "\n";

// String with day abbreviation
dateString = "Thu May 01, 2008";
offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.Parse(dateString);
outputBlock.Text += offsetDate.ToString() + "\n";

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

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