using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class Test
{
public static void Main()
{
string dateString, format;
DateTimeOffset result;
CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
dateString = "Sun 15 Jun 2010 8:30 AM -06:00";
format = "ddd dd MMM yyyy h:mm tt zzz";
try
{
result = DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider);
Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());
}
catch (FormatException)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not in the correct format.", dateString);
}
}
}