How to parse this DateTimeOffset?

Question

I'm getting a DateTimeOffset string as "2018-10-16T193850+0200", but I think it's none of the standard formats. Mainly, the "+0200" part is not standard, because it lacks the colon.

What format do I have to specify to parse DateTimeOffsets like this?

Answer 1

You can use ParseExact:

DateTimeOffset offsetDate = DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(
    "2018-10-16T193850+0200",
    "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HHmmsszzzz",
    DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo,
    DateTimeStyles.None);

Read: Custom Date and Time Format Strings