How to create a .NET DateTime from ISO 8601 format

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Ripter picture Ripter · Aug 24, 2010 · Viewed 116.4k times · Source

I've found how to turn a DateTime into an ISO 8601 format, but nothing on how to do the reverse in C#.

I have 2010-08-20T15:00:00Z, and I want to turn it into a DateTime object.

I could separate the parts of the string myself, but that seems like a lot of work for something that is already an international standard.

Answer

Mamta D picture Mamta D · Aug 24, 2010

This solution makes use of the DateTimeStyles enumeration, and it also works with Z.

DateTime d2 = DateTime.Parse("2010-08-20T15:00:00Z", null, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.RoundtripKind);

This prints the solution perfectly.

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