How do I convert Paypal's HH:MM:SS DD Mmm(.) YYYY PST/PDT to a C# UTC DateTime?

Question

I would like to log a payment_date in this format in a SQL Server database.

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Answer 1

This should work

 public static DateTime ConvertPayPalDateTime(string payPalDateTime)
 { 
    CultureInfo enUS = new CultureInfo("en-US");
    // accept a few different date formats because of PST/PDT timezone and slight month difference in sandbox vs. prod.
    string[] dateFormats = { "HH:mm:ss MMM dd, yyyy PST", "HH:mm:ss MMM. dd, yyyy PST", "HH:mm:ss MMM dd, yyyy PDT", "HH:mm:ss MMM. dd, yyyy PDT",
                             "HH:mm:ss dd MMM yyyy PST", "HH:mm:ss dd MMM. yyyy PST", "HH:mm:ss dd MMM yyyy PDT", "HH:mm:ss dd MMM. yyyy PDT"};
    DateTime outputDateTime;

    DateTime.TryParseExact(payPalDateTime, dateFormats, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out outputDateTime);

    // convert to local timezone
    TimeZoneInfo hwZone = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("Pacific Standard Time");

    outputDateTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(outputDateTime, hwZone, TimeZoneInfo.Local);

    return outputDateTime;
}