.NET How to parse a Persian / Farsi date string (Jalali calendar) into a DateTime object?

Question

I\'ve run across several great code libraries for converting a Persian (Jalali calendar) date to a Gregorian date. However, my original source is a string, not a DateTime ob

Answer 1

Or:

using System.Globalization;

CultureInfo MyCultureInfo = new CultureInfo("fa-IR");
      string MyString = "1390/02/07";
      DateTime MyDateTime = DateTime.Parse(MyString, MyCultureInfo);

There is more example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2h3syy57.aspx#Y418