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C# DateTime for Twitter API created_at field

The v1 Twitter API returns created_at dates in the following format:

Mon Dec 28 11:32:24 +0000 2020

How can I parse this to a C# DateTime? I'm thinking I need to use the ParseExact method but I'm unsure what the format string should be and how I go about figuring it out

Can anyone help?

Solution

  • If you want to parse a DateTime like this with ParseExact the format string should look like the following:

    System.DateTime.ParseExact("Mon Dec 28 11:32:24 +0000 2020", "ddd MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy", null);

    ddd - Abbreviated name of the Day

    MMM - Abbreviated name of the Month

    dd - Day of the month as number 01-31

    h - hour as 12 hour clock

    H - 24 hour clock

    HH - 24 hour clock with leading zero

    mm - minutes

    ss - seconds

    zzz - With DateTime values represents the signed offset of the local operating system's time zone from UTC, measured in hours and minutes.

    yyyy - year

    For reference, this has a comprehensive list of datetime formating: DateTime Formatting