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  1. //Rextester.Program.Main is the entry point for your code. Don't change it.
  2. //Compiler version 4.0.30319.17929 for Microsoft (R) .NET Framework 4.5
  3.  
  4. using System;
  5. using System.Collections.Generic;
  6. using System.Linq;
  7. using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
  8. using System.Globalization;
  9.  
  10. namespace Rextester
  11. {
  12.     public class Program
  13.     {
  14.         public static void Main(string[] args)
  15.         {
  16.             string[] dateStrings = {"Apr 6, 2009", "06-Apr-2009", "6 avr. 2009", "06.04.2009", "12/11/1900", "11/12/1900"};
  17.             foreach (string dateString in dateStrings)
  18.             {
  19.                 Console.WriteLine(GetDateTime(dateString).ToString());
  20.             }
  21.         }
  22.  
  23.         private static DateTime GetDateTime(string dateString){
  24.             DateTime res = new DateTime();
  25.             if(DateTime.TryParse(dateString, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-GB"),
  26.     System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out res))
  27.                 return res;
  28.             else if(DateTime.TryParse(dateString, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US"),
  29.     System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out res))
  30.                 return res;
  31.             else if(DateTime.TryParse(dateString, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("fr-FR"),
  32.     System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out res))
  33.                 return res;
  34.             else if(DateTime.TryParse(dateString, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("de-DE"),
  35.     System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out res))
  36.                 return res;
  37.             //throw error or handle the not matcing case here
  38.              Console.WriteLine("Not Matching "+dateString);           
  39.             return res;
  40.         }
  41.     }
  42. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.04s 16308KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
4/6/2009 12:00:00 AM
4/6/2009 12:00:00 AM
4/6/2009 12:00:00 AM
4/6/2009 12:00:00 AM
11/12/1900 12:00:00 AM
12/11/1900 12:00:00 AM
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language:
C# (gmcs 5.20.1)
created:
7 years ago
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