Mega Code Archive
Parse date and time with offset but without offsets minutes
Imports System.Globalization
Module MainClass
Public Sub Main()
Dim dateString, format As String
Dim result As Date
Dim provider As CultureInfo = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
dateString = "Sun 15 Jun 2010 8:30 AM -06"
Try
result = Date.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider)
Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString())
Catch e As FormatException
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString)
End Try
End Sub
End Module