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

Assuming you have already parsed the date with DateTime.ParseExact() (or one of the other similar methods) you can call DateTime.ToUniversalTime()

EDIT: perhaps TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc is more appropriate: The ToUniversalTime method converts a DateTime value from local time to UTC. To convert the time in a non-local time zone to UTC, use the TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc(DateTime, TimeZoneInfo) method. To convert a time whose offset from UTC is known, use the ToUniversalTime method.