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How to get date from this string?

I have this string:

\tid <01CA4692.A44F1F3E@blah.blah.co.uk>; <b>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:38:16</b> +0100

and I want to extract the date (emboldened) to a more usable format, e.g. 06-10-2009 15:38:16

What would be the best way to go about this?

Solution

  • Regex might be overkill. Just Split on ';', Trim(), and call Date.Parse(...), It will even handle the Timezone offset for you. 

    using System;

namespace ConsoleImpersonate
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            string str = "\tid 01CA4692.A44F1F3E@blah.blah.co.uk; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:38:16 +0100";
            var trimmed = str.Split(';')[1].Trim();
            var x = DateTime.Parse(trimmed);

        }
    }
}