Parameters

formats

An array containing the format structures to apply to the converted DateTime. Valid formats include "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:sszzzzzz" and its subsets.

s

The string to convert.

formats

An array containing the format structures to apply to the converted DateTime. Valid formats include "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:sszzzzzz" and its subsets.

Returns

A DateTime equivalent of the string.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	s is a null reference.
FormatException	s or an element of formats is string.Empty. -or- s does not contain a date and time that corresponds to any of the elements of formats.

Remarks

This method allows multiple formats for the string to be validated against.

Example

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class App {

  public static void Main() {

    String someDate = "1966-09-19T03:45:11Z";
    String[] datetimeFormats = new String[]
      {"HH:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ"};
    DateTime dateTime =
      XmlConvert.ToDateTime(someDate, datetimeFormats);
    Console.WriteLine( "{0}", dateTime.ToString() );
  }
}

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