DateTime.TryParse Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

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Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.

Overloads

TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>, DateTime)	Converts the specified char span of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.
TryParse(String, DateTime)	Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.
TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>, IFormatProvider, DateTime)	Tries to parse a span of characters into a value.
TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTime)	Tries to parse a string into a value.
TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime)	Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent using the specified culture-specific format information and formatting style, and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.
TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime)	Converts the span representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent using the specified culture-specific format information and formatting style, and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.

Remarks

Important

Eras in the Japanese calendars are based on the emperor's reign and are therefore expected to change. For example, May 1, 2019 marked the beginning of the Reiwa era in the JapaneseCalendar and JapaneseLunisolarCalendar. Such a change of era affects all applications that use these calendars. For more information and to determine whether your applications are affected, see Handling a new era in the Japanese calendar in .NET. For information on testing your applications on Windows systems to ensure their readiness for the era change, see Prepare your application for the Japanese era change. For features in .NET that support calendars with multiple eras and for best practices when working with calendars that support multiple eras, see Working with eras.

TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>, DateTime)

Converts the specified char span of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.

public:
 static bool TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] DateTime % result);

public static bool TryParse (ReadOnlySpan<char> s, out DateTime result);

static member TryParse : ReadOnlySpan<char> * DateTime -> bool

Public Shared Function TryParse (s As ReadOnlySpan(Of Char), ByRef result As DateTime) As Boolean

Parameters

s: ReadOnlySpan<Char>

A string containing a date and time to convert.

result: DateTime

When this method returns, contains the DateTime value equivalent to the date and time contained in s, if the conversion succeeded, or DateTime.MinValue if the conversion failed. The conversion fails if the s parameter is null, is an empty string (""), or does not contain a valid string representation of a date and time. This parameter is passed uninitialized.

Returns

Boolean

true if the s parameter was converted successfully; otherwise, false.

Applies to

TryParse(String, DateTime)

Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.

public:
 static bool TryParse(System::String ^ s, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] DateTime % result);

public static bool TryParse (string s, out DateTime result);

public static bool TryParse (string? s, out DateTime result);

static member TryParse : string * DateTime -> bool

Public Shared Function TryParse (s As String, ByRef result As DateTime) As Boolean

Parameters

s: String

A string containing a date and time to convert.

result: DateTime

Returns

Boolean

true if the s parameter was converted successfully; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example passes a number of date and time strings to the DateTime.TryParse(String, DateTime) method.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;

void main()
{
   array<String^>^ dateStrings = { "05/01/2009 14:57:32.8", "2009-05-01 14:57:32.8", 
                                   "2009-05-01T14:57:32.8375298-04:00", 
                                    "5/01/2008 14:57:32.80 -07:00", 
                                    "1 May 2008 2:57:32.8 PM", "16-05-2009 1:00:32 PM", 
                                    "Fri, 15 May 2009 20:10:57 GMT" };
   DateTime dateValue;

   Console::WriteLine("Attempting to parse strings using {0} culture.", 
                     CultureInfo::CurrentCulture->Name);
   for each (String^ dateString in dateStrings)
   {
      if (DateTime::TryParse(dateString, dateValue)) 
         Console::WriteLine("  Converted '{0}' to {1} ({2}).", dateString, 
                           dateValue, dateValue.Kind);
      else
         Console::WriteLine("  Unable to parse '{0}'.", dateString);
   }
}
// The example displays the following output: 
//    Attempting to parse strings using en-US culture. 
//       Converted '05/01/2009 14:57:32.8' to 5/1/2009 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified). 
//       Converted '2009-05-01 14:57:32.8' to 5/1/2009 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified). 
//       Converted '2009-05-01T14:57:32.8375298-04:00' to 5/1/2009 11:57:32 AM (Local). 
//       Converted '5/01/2008 14:57:32.80 -07:00' to 5/1/2008 2:57:32 PM (Local). 
//       Converted '1 May 2008 2:57:32.8 PM' to 5/1/2008 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified). 
//       Unable to parse '16-05-2009 1:00:32 PM'. 
//       Converted 'Fri, 15 May 2009 20:10:57 GMT' to 5/15/2009 1:10:57 PM (Local).

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string[] dateStrings = {"05/01/2009 14:57:32.8", "2009-05-01 14:57:32.8",
                              "2009-05-01T14:57:32.8375298-04:00", "5/01/2008",
                              "5/01/2008 14:57:32.80 -07:00",
                              "1 May 2008 2:57:32.8 PM", "16-05-2009 1:00:32 PM",
                              "Fri, 15 May 2009 20:10:57 GMT" };
      DateTime dateValue;

      Console.WriteLine("Attempting to parse strings using {0} culture.",
                        CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name);
      foreach (string dateString in dateStrings)
      {
         if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, out dateValue))
            Console.WriteLine("  Converted '{0}' to {1} ({2}).", dateString,
                              dateValue, dateValue.Kind);
         else
            Console.WriteLine("  Unable to parse '{0}'.", dateString);
      }
   }
}
// The example displays output like the following:
//    Attempting to parse strings using en-US culture.
//      Converted '05/01/2009 14:57:32.8' to 5/1/2009 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified).
//      Converted '2009-05-01 14:57:32.8' to 5/1/2009 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified).
//      Converted '2009-05-01T14:57:32.8375298-04:00' to 5/1/2009 11:57:32 AM (Local).
//
//      Converted '5/01/2008' to 5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM (Unspecified).
//      Converted '5/01/2008 14:57:32.80 -07:00' to 5/1/2008 2:57:32 PM (Local).
//      Converted '1 May 2008 2:57:32.8 PM' to 5/1/2008 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified).
//      Unable to parse '16-05-2009 1:00:32 PM'.
//      Converted 'Fri, 15 May 2009 20:10:57 GMT' to 5/15/2009 1:10:57 PM (Local).

open System
open System.Globalization

let dateStrings = 
    [ "05/01/2009 14:57:32.8"; "2009-05-01 14:57:32.8"
      "2009-05-01T14:57:32.8375298-04:00"; "5/01/2008"
      "5/01/2008 14:57:32.80 -07:00"
      "1 May 2008 2:57:32.8 PM"; "16-05-2009 1:00:32 PM"
      "Fri, 15 May 2009 20:10:57 GMT" ]

printfn $"Attempting to parse strings using {CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name} culture."
for dateString in dateStrings do
    match DateTime.TryParse dateString with
    | true, dateValue ->
        printfn $"  Converted '{dateString}' to {dateValue} ({dateValue.Kind})."
    | _ ->
        printfn $"  Unable to parse '{dateString}'."


// The example displays output like the following:
//    Attempting to parse strings using en-US culture.
//      Converted '05/01/2009 14:57:32.8' to 5/1/2009 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified).
//      Converted '2009-05-01 14:57:32.8' to 5/1/2009 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified).
//      Converted '2009-05-01T14:57:32.8375298-04:00' to 5/1/2009 11:57:32 AM (Local).
//      Converted '5/01/2008' to 5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM (Unspecified).
//      Converted '5/01/2008 14:57:32.80 -07:00' to 5/1/2008 2:57:32 PM (Local).
//      Converted '1 May 2008 2:57:32.8 PM' to 5/1/2008 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified).
//      Unable to parse '16-05-2009 1:00:32 PM'.
//      Converted 'Fri, 15 May 2009 20:10:57 GMT' to 5/15/2009 1:10:57 PM (Local).

Imports System.Globalization

Public Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim dateStrings() As String = {"05/01/2009 14:57:32.8", "2009-05-01 14:57:32.8",
                                     "2009-05-01T14:57:32.8375298-04:00", "5/01/2008",
                                     "5/01/2008 14:57:32.80 -07:00",
                                     "1 May 2008 2:57:32.8 PM", "16-05-2009 1:00:32 PM",
                                     "Fri, 15 May 2009 20:10:57 GMT"}
      Dim dateValue As Date
      
      Console.WriteLine("Attempting to parse strings using {0} culture.", _
                        CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name)
      For Each dateString As String In dateStrings
         If Date.TryParse(dateString, dateValue) Then
            Console.WriteLine("  Converted '{0}' to {1} ({2}).", dateString, _
                              dateValue, dateValue.Kind)
         Else
            Console.WriteLine("  Unable to parse '{0}'.", dateString)
         End If
      Next
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays output like the following:
'    Attempting to parse strings using en-US culture.
'      Converted '05/01/2009 14:57:32.8' to 5/1/2009 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified).
'      Converted '2009-05-01 14:57:32.8' to 5/1/2009 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified).
'      Converted '2009-05-01T14:57:32.8375298-04:00' to 5/1/2009 11:57:32 AM (Local).
'
'      Converted '5/01/2008' to 5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM (Unspecified).
'      Converted '5/01/2008 14:57:32.80 -07:00' to 5/1/2008 2:57:32 PM (Local).
'      Converted '1 May 2008 2:57:32.8 PM' to 5/1/2008 2:57:32 PM (Unspecified).
'      Unable to parse '16-05-2009 1:00:32 PM'.
'      Converted 'Fri, 15 May 2009 20:10:57 GMT' to 5/15/2009 1:10:57 PM (Local).

Remarks

The DateTime.TryParse(String, DateTime) method is similar to the DateTime.Parse(String) method, except that the TryParse(String, DateTime) method does not throw an exception if the conversion fails.

The string s is parsed using formatting information in the current DateTimeFormatInfo object, which is supplied implicitly by the current culture.

This method tries to ignore unrecognized data, if possible, and fills in missing month, day, and year information with the current date. If s contains only a date and no time, this method assumes the time is 12:00 midnight. If s includes a date component with a two-digit year, it is converted to a year in the current culture's current calendar based on the value of the Calendar.TwoDigitYearMax property. Any leading, inner, or trailing white space character in s is ignored. The date and time can be bracketed with a pair of leading and trailing NUMBER SIGN characters ('#', U+0023), and can be trailed with one or more NULL characters (U+0000).

Because the DateTime.TryParse(String, DateTime) method tries to parse the string representation of a date and time using the formatting rules of the current culture, trying to parse a particular string across different cultures can either fail or return different results. If a specific date and time format will be parsed across different locales, use the DateTime.TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime) method or one of the overloads of the TryParseExact method and provide a format specifier.

If s is the string representation of a leap day in a leap year in the current calendar, the method parses s successfully. If s is the string representation of a leap day in a non-leap year in the current culture's current calendar, the parse operation fails and the method returns false.

If s contains no time zone information, result contains a DateTime value whose Kind property is DateTimeKind.Unspecified when the method returns. If the string to be parsed contains time zone information, result contains a DateTime value whose Kind property is DateTimeKind.Local when the method returns.

Notes to Callers

Formatting is influenced by properties of the current DateTimeFormatInfo object, which by default are derived from the Regional and Language Options item in Control Panel. The TryParse method can unexpectedly fail and return False if the current DateSeparator and TimeSeparator properties are set to the same value.

Applies to

TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>, IFormatProvider, DateTime)

Tries to parse a span of characters into a value.

public:
 static bool TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, IFormatProvider ^ provider, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] DateTime % result) = ISpanParsable<DateTime>::TryParse;

public static bool TryParse (ReadOnlySpan<char> s, IFormatProvider? provider, out DateTime result);

static member TryParse : ReadOnlySpan<char> * IFormatProvider * DateTime -> bool

Public Shared Function TryParse (s As ReadOnlySpan(Of Char), provider As IFormatProvider, ByRef result As DateTime) As Boolean

Parameters

s: ReadOnlySpan<Char>

The span of characters to parse.

provider: IFormatProvider

An object that provides culture-specific formatting information about s.

result: DateTime

When this method returns, contains the result of successfully parsing s, or an undefined value on failure.

Returns

Boolean

true if s was successfully parsed; otherwise, false.

Applies to

TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTime)

Tries to parse a string into a value.

public:
 static bool TryParse(System::String ^ s, IFormatProvider ^ provider, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] DateTime % result) = IParsable<DateTime>::TryParse;

public static bool TryParse (string? s, IFormatProvider? provider, out DateTime result);

static member TryParse : string * IFormatProvider * DateTime -> bool

Public Shared Function TryParse (s As String, provider As IFormatProvider, ByRef result As DateTime) As Boolean

Parameters

s: String

The string to parse.

provider: IFormatProvider

An object that provides culture-specific formatting information about s.

result: DateTime

When this method returns, contains the result of successfully parsing s or an undefined value on failure.

Returns

Boolean

true if s was successfully parsed; otherwise, false.

Applies to

TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime)

Converts the specified string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent using the specified culture-specific format information and formatting style, and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.

public:
 static bool TryParse(System::String ^ s, IFormatProvider ^ provider, System::Globalization::DateTimeStyles styles, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] DateTime % result);

public static bool TryParse (string s, IFormatProvider provider, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles styles, out DateTime result);

public static bool TryParse (string? s, IFormatProvider? provider, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles styles, out DateTime result);

static member TryParse : string * IFormatProvider * System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles * DateTime -> bool

Public Shared Function TryParse (s As String, provider As IFormatProvider, styles As DateTimeStyles, ByRef result As DateTime) As Boolean

Parameters

s: String

A string containing a date and time to convert.

provider: IFormatProvider

An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information about s.

styles: DateTimeStyles

A bitwise combination of enumeration values that defines how to interpret the parsed date in relation to the current time zone or the current date. A typical value to specify is None.

result: DateTime

Returns

Boolean

true if the s parameter was converted successfully; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

styles is not a valid DateTimeStyles value.

-or-

styles contains an invalid combination of DateTimeStyles values (for example, both AssumeLocal and AssumeUniversal).

NotSupportedException

provider is a neutral culture and cannot be used in a parsing operation.

Examples

The following example illustrates the DateTime.TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime) method.

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string dateString;
      CultureInfo culture;
      DateTimeStyles styles;
      DateTime dateResult;

      // Parse a date and time with no styles.
      dateString = "03/01/2009 10:00 AM";
      culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US");
      styles = DateTimeStyles.None;
      if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, out dateResult))
         Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.",
                           dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind);
      else
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.",
                           dateString);

      // Parse the same date and time with the AssumeLocal style.
      styles = DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal;
      if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, out dateResult))
         Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.",
                           dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind);
      else
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString);

      // Parse a date and time that is assumed to be local.
      // This time is five hours behind UTC. The local system's time zone is
      // eight hours behind UTC.
      dateString = "2009/03/01T10:00:00-5:00";
      styles = DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal;
      if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, out dateResult))
         Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.",
                           dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind);
      else
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString);

      // Attempt to convert a string in improper ISO 8601 format.
      dateString = "03/01/2009T10:00:00-5:00";
      if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, out dateResult))
         Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.",
                           dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind);
      else
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString);

      // Assume a date and time string formatted for the fr-FR culture is the local
      // time and convert it to UTC.
      dateString = "2008-03-01 10:00";
      culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("fr-FR");
      styles = DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal | DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal;
      if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, out dateResult))
         Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.",
                           dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind);
      else
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString);
   }
}
// The example displays the following output to the console:
//       03/01/2009 10:00 AM converted to 3/1/2009 10:00:00 AM Unspecified.
//       03/01/2009 10:00 AM converted to 3/1/2009 10:00:00 AM Local.
//       2009/03/01T10:00:00-5:00 converted to 3/1/2009 7:00:00 AM Local.
//       Unable to convert 03/01/2009T10:00:00-5:00 to a date and time.
//       2008-03-01 10:00 converted to 3/1/2008 6:00:00 PM Utc.

open System
open System.Globalization

[<EntryPoint>]
let main _ =
    // Parse a date and time with no styles.
    let dateString = "03/01/2009 10:00 AM"
    let culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture "en-US"
    let styles = DateTimeStyles.None
    match DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles) with
    | true, dateResult ->
        printfn $"{dateString} converted to {dateResult} {dateResult.Kind}."
    | _ -> 
        printfn $"Unable to convert {dateString} to a date and time."

    // Parse the same date and time with the AssumeLocal style.
    let styles = DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal
    match DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles) with
    | true, dateResult ->
        printfn $"{dateString} converted to {dateResult} {dateResult.Kind}." 
    | _ ->
        printfn $"Unable to convert {dateString} to a date and time."

    // Parse a date and time that is assumed to be local.
    // This time is five hours behind UTC. The local system's time zone is
    // eight hours behind UTC.
    let dateString = "2009/03/01T10:00:00-5:00"
    let styles = DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal
    match DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles) with
    | true, dateResult ->
        printfn $"{dateString} converted to {dateResult} {dateResult.Kind}."
    | _ ->
        printfn $"Unable to convert {dateString} to a date and time."

    // Attempt to convert a string in improper ISO 8601 format.
    let dateString = "03/01/2009T10:00:00-5:00"
    match DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles) with
    | true, dateResult ->
        printfn $"{dateString} converted to {dateResult} {dateResult.Kind}."
    | _ ->
        printfn $"Unable to convert {dateString} to a date and time."

    // Assume a date and time string formatted for the fr-FR culture is the local
    // time and convert it to UTC.
    let dateString = "2008-03-01 10:00"
    let culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture "fr-FR"
    let styles = DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal ||| DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal
    match DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles) with
    | true, dateResult ->
        printfn $"{dateString} converted to {dateResult} {dateResult.Kind}." 
    | _ ->
        printfn $"Unable to convert {dateString} to a date and time."

    0

// The example displays the following output to the console:
//       03/01/2009 10:00 AM converted to 3/1/2009 10:00:00 AM Unspecified.
//       03/01/2009 10:00 AM converted to 3/1/2009 10:00:00 AM Local.
//       2009/03/01T10:00:00-5:00 converted to 3/1/2009 7:00:00 AM Local.
//       Unable to convert 03/01/2009T10:00:00-5:00 to a date and time.
//       2008-03-01 10:00 converted to 3/1/2008 6:00:00 PM Utc.

Imports System.Globalization

Public Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim dateString As String
      Dim culture As CultureInfo
      Dim styles As DateTimeStyles 
      Dim dateResult As DateTime
      
      ' Parse a date and time with no styles.
      dateString = "03/01/2009 10:00 AM"
      culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US")
      styles = DateTimeStyles.None
      If DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, dateResult) Then
         Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.", _
                           dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind)
      Else
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString)
      End If      
      
      ' Parse the same date and time with the AssumeLocal style.
      styles = DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal
      If DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, dateResult)
         Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.", _
                           dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind)
      Else
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString)
      End If      
      
      ' Parse a date and time that is assumed to be local.
      ' This time is five hours behind UTC. The local system's time zone is 
      ' eight hours behind UTC.
      dateString = "2009/03/01T10:00:00-5:00"
      styles = DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal
      If DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, dateResult)
         Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.", _
                           dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind)
      Else
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString)
      End If      
      
      ' Attempt to convert a string in improper ISO 8601 format.
      dateString = "03/01/2009T10:00:00-5:00"
      If DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, dateResult)
         Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.", _
                           dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind)
      Else
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString)
      End If      

      ' Assume a date and time string formatted for the fr-FR culture is the local 
      ' time and convert it to UTC.
      dateString = "2008-03-01 10:00"
      culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("fr-FR")
      styles = DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal Or DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal
      If DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, styles, dateResult)
         Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.", _
                           dateString, dateResult, dateResult.Kind)
      Else
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString)
      End If      
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output to the console:
'       03/01/2009 10:00 AM converted to 3/1/2009 10:00:00 AM Unspecified.
'       03/01/2009 10:00 AM converted to 3/1/2009 10:00:00 AM Local.
'       2009/03/01T10:00:00-5:00 converted to 3/1/2009 7:00:00 AM Local.
'       Unable to convert 03/01/2009T10:00:00-5:00 to a date and time.
'       2008-03-01 10:00 converted to 3/1/2008 6:00:00 PM Utc.

Remarks

The DateTime.TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime) method parses a string that can contain date, time, and time zone information. It is similar to the DateTime.Parse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles) method, except that the DateTime.TryParse(String, DateTime) method does not throw an exception if the conversion fails.

This method attempts to ignore unrecognized data and parse s completely. If s contains a time but no date, the method by default substitutes the current date or, if styles includes the NoCurrentDateDefault flag, it substitutes DateTime.Date.MinValue. If s contains a date but no time, 12:00 midnight is used as the default time. If a date is present but its year component consists of only two digits, it is converted to a year in the provider parameter's current calendar based on the value of the Calendar.TwoDigitYearMax property. Any leading, inner, or trailing white space characters in s are ignored. The date and time can be bracketed with a pair of leading and trailing NUMBER SIGN characters ('#', U+0023), and can be trailed with one or more NULL characters (U+0000).

Specific valid formats for date and time elements, as well as the names and symbols used in dates and times, are defined by the provider parameter, which can be any of the following:

A CultureInfo object that represents the culture whose formatting is used in the s parameter. The DateTimeFormatInfo object returned by the CultureInfo.DateTimeFormat property defines the formatting used in s.
A DateTimeFormatInfo object that defines the formatting used in s.
A custom IFormatProvider implementation. Its IFormatProvider.GetFormat method returns a DateTimeFormatInfo object that defines the formatting used in s.

If provider is null, the current culture is used.

If s is the string representation of a leap day in a leap year in the current calendar, the method parses s successfully. If s is the string representation of a leap day in a non-leap year in the current calendar of provider, the parse operation fails and the method returns false.

The styles parameter defines the precise interpretation of the parsed string and how the parse operation should handle it. It can be one or more members of the DateTimeStyles enumeration, as described in the following table.

DateTimeStyles member	Description
AdjustToUniversal	Parses `s` and, if necessary, converts it to UTC. If `s` includes a time zone offset, or if `s` contains no time zone information but `styles` includes the DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal flag, the method parses the string, calls ToUniversalTime to convert the returned DateTime value to UTC, and sets the Kind property to DateTimeKind.Utc. If `s` indicates that it represents UTC, or if `s` does not contain time zone information but `styles` includes the DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal flag, the method parses the string, performs no time zone conversion on the returned DateTime value, and sets the Kind property to DateTimeKind.Utc. In all other cases, the flag has no effect.
AllowInnerWhite	Although valid, this value is ignored. Inner white space is permitted in the date and time elements of `s`.
AllowLeadingWhite	Although valid, this value is ignored. Leading white space is permitted in the date and time elements of `s`.
AllowTrailingWhite	Although valid, this value is ignored. Trailing white space is permitted in the date and time elements of `s`.
AllowWhiteSpaces	Specifies that `s` may contain leading, inner, and trailing white spaces. This is the default behavior. It cannot be overridden by supplying a more restrictive DateTimeStyles enumeration value such as DateTimeStyles.None.
AssumeLocal	Specifies that if `s` lacks any time zone information, it is assumed to represent a local time. Unless the DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal flag is present, the Kind property of the returned DateTime value is set to DateTimeKind.Local.
AssumeUniversal	Specifies that if `s` lacks any time zone information, it is assumed to represent UTC. Unless the DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal flag is present, the method converts the returned DateTime value from UTC to local time and sets its Kind property to DateTimeKind.Local.
None	Although valid, this value is ignored.
RoundtripKind	For strings that contain time zone information, tries to prevent the conversion of a date and time string to a DateTime value with its Kind property set to DateTimeKind.Local. Typically, such a string is created by calling the DateTime.ToString(String) method using either the "o", "r", or "u" standard format specifiers.

If s contains no time zone information, the DateTime.TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime) method returns a DateTime value whose Kind property is DateTimeKind.Unspecified unless a styles flag indicates otherwise. If s includes time zone or time zone offset information, the DateTime.TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime) method performs any necessary time conversion and returns one of the following:

A DateTime value whose date and time reflect the local time and whose Kind property is DateTimeKind.Local.
Or, if styles includes the AdjustToUniversal flag, a DateTime value whose date and time reflect UTC and whose Kind property is DateTimeKind.Utc.

This behavior can be overridden by using the DateTimeStyles.RoundtripKind flag.

Parsing Custom Cultures

If you parse a date and time string generated for a custom culture, use the TryParseExact method instead of the TryParse method to improve the probability that the parse operation will succeed. A custom culture date and time string can be complicated and difficult to parse. The TryParse method attempts to parse a string with several implicit parse patterns, all of which might fail. In contrast, the TryParseExact method requires you to explicitly designate one or more exact parse patterns that are likely to succeed.

For more information about custom cultures, see the System.Globalization.CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder class.

Notes to Callers

Formatting is influenced by properties of the current DateTimeFormatInfo object, which is supplied by the provider parameter. The TryParse method can unexpectedly fail and return False if the current DateSeparator and TimeSeparator properties are set to the same value.

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TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime)

Converts the span representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent using the specified culture-specific format information and formatting style, and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.

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 static bool TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, IFormatProvider ^ provider, System::Globalization::DateTimeStyles styles, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] DateTime % result);

public static bool TryParse (ReadOnlySpan<char> s, IFormatProvider? provider, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles styles, out DateTime result);

public static bool TryParse (ReadOnlySpan<char> s, IFormatProvider provider, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles styles, out DateTime result);

static member TryParse : ReadOnlySpan<char> * IFormatProvider * System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles * DateTime -> bool

Public Shared Function TryParse (s As ReadOnlySpan(Of Char), provider As IFormatProvider, styles As DateTimeStyles, ByRef result As DateTime) As Boolean

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s: ReadOnlySpan<Char>

A span containing the characters representing the date and time to convert.

provider: IFormatProvider

An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information about s.

styles: DateTimeStyles

A bitwise combination of enumeration values that defines how to interpret the parsed date in relation to the current time zone or the current date. A typical value to specify is None.

result: DateTime

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Boolean

true if the s parameter was converted successfully; otherwise, false.

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DateTime.TryParse Method

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TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>, DateTime)

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TryParse(String, DateTime)

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TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>, IFormatProvider, DateTime)

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TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTime)

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TryParse(String, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime)

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Parsing Custom Cultures

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TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>, IFormatProvider, DateTimeStyles, DateTime)

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