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Assume a date and time string formatted for the fr-FR culture is the local time and convert it to UTC

Imports System.Globalization Module ParseDateExample    Public Sub Main()       Dim dateString As String         Dim culture As CultureInfo       Dim styles As DateTimeStyles        Dim result As DateTime       dateString = "2010-03-01 10:00"       culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("fr-FR")       styles = DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal Or DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal       Try          result = DateTime.Parse(dateString, culture, styles)          Console.WriteLine("{0} converted to {1} {2}.", _                            dateString, result, result.Kind.ToString())       Catch e As FormatException          Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert {0} to a date and time.", dateString)       End Try          End Sub End Module