Parsing a UTC string from a weblog into a DateTime

[Sterling Ledet]

I am trying to create a web service that takes a string from my web server
in the following format:

Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:39:47 UTC

and put's in a datetime so it can then be reformatted in C# as necessary
for variuos purposes.

There is something wrong with the following code. I get the following error
when I enter in the above date string:

System.FormatEx ception: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.
at System.DateTime Parse.ParseForm atError(Boolean isThrowExceptio n, String
resourceID)
at System.DateTime Parse.DoStrictP arse(String s, String formatParam,
DateTimeStyles styles, DateTimeFormatI nfo dtfi, Boolean isThrowExp,
DateTime& returnValue)
at System.DateTime Parse.ParseExac t(String s, String format,
DateTimeFormatI nfo dtfi, DateTimeStyles style)
at System.DateTime .ParseExact(Str ing s, String format, IFormatProvider
provider)
at DateTest.Servic e1.TestDate(Str ing inputDate) in
\\commerce.lede t.com\wwwroot$\ datetest\servic e1.asmx.cs:line 69
Can anyone tell me what's wrong with the code below??

[WebMethod]

public string TestDate(string inputDate)

{

// Define a custom string format to display the DateTime value.

// zzzz specifies the full time zone offset.

String expectedFormat = "ddd, d MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss";

System.DateTime ouputDateTime =

System.DateTime .ParseExact(inp utDate, expectedFormat, null);

return ouputDateTime.T oString();

}

[Brian W]

There is no direct way to do the conversion.

It's the "UTC" in the string causing the problem.

Will this work for you?

public string TestDate(string inputDate)
{
// Define a custom string format to display the DateTime value.
// zzzz specifies the full time zone offset.

string myDate = inputDate.Repla ce("UTC", string.Empty);
System.DateTime ouputDateTime
= System.DateTime .Parse(myDate);

return ouputDateTime.T oString();
}

Hope this helps.
Brian W
"Sterling Ledet" <sj*****@ledet. com> wrote in message
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I am trying to create a web service that takes a string from my web server
in the following format:

Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:39:47 UTC

and put's in a datetime so it can then be reformatted in C# as necessary
for variuos purposes.

There is something wrong with the following code. I get the following error when I enter in the above date string:

System.FormatEx ception: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.
at System.DateTime Parse.ParseForm atError(Boolean isThrowExceptio n, String resourceID)
at System.DateTime Parse.DoStrictP arse(String s, String formatParam,
DateTimeStyles styles, DateTimeFormatI nfo dtfi, Boolean isThrowExp,
DateTime& returnValue)
at System.DateTime Parse.ParseExac t(String s, String format,
DateTimeFormatI nfo dtfi, DateTimeStyles style)
at System.DateTime .ParseExact(Str ing s, String format, IFormatProvider
provider)
at DateTest.Servic e1.TestDate(Str ing inputDate) in
\\commerce.lede t.com\wwwroot$\ datetest\servic e1.asmx.cs:line 69
Can anyone tell me what's wrong with the code below??

[WebMethod]

public string TestDate(string inputDate)

{

// Define a custom string format to display the DateTime value.

// zzzz specifies the full time zone offset.

String expectedFormat = "ddd, d MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss";

System.DateTime ouputDateTime =

System.DateTime .ParseExact(inp utDate, expectedFormat, null);

return ouputDateTime.T oString();

}

[Jop Pascual]

Add UTC on the format specs:
"ddd, d MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss UTC"

Cheers!
--
/jop
"Sterling Ledet" <sj*****@ledet. com> wrote in message
news:e$******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

I am trying to create a web service that takes a string from my web server
in the following format:

Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:39:47 UTC

and put's in a datetime so it can then be reformatted in C# as necessary
for variuos purposes.

There is something wrong with the following code. I get the following error when I enter in the above date string:

System.FormatEx ception: String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.
at System.DateTime Parse.ParseForm atError(Boolean isThrowExceptio n, String resourceID)
at System.DateTime Parse.DoStrictP arse(String s, String formatParam,
DateTimeStyles styles, DateTimeFormatI nfo dtfi, Boolean isThrowExp,
DateTime& returnValue)
at System.DateTime Parse.ParseExac t(String s, String format,
DateTimeFormatI nfo dtfi, DateTimeStyles style)
at System.DateTime .ParseExact(Str ing s, String format, IFormatProvider
provider)
at DateTest.Servic e1.TestDate(Str ing inputDate) in
\\commerce.lede t.com\wwwroot$\ datetest\servic e1.asmx.cs:line 69
Can anyone tell me what's wrong with the code below??

[WebMethod]

public string TestDate(string inputDate)

{

// Define a custom string format to display the DateTime value.

// zzzz specifies the full time zone offset.

String expectedFormat = "ddd, d MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss";

System.DateTime ouputDateTime =

System.DateTime .ParseExact(inp utDate, expectedFormat, null);

return ouputDateTime.T oString();

}