/// <summary>
/// Converts the string representation of a date format to its Calendar date equivalent.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="date">A string containing a date format to convert.</param>
/// <param name="calendarType">a instance of calendar that date string based on it</param>
/// <returns>Calendar equivalent to the date contained in date.</returns>
public static ICalendar Parse(string date, ICalendar calendarType)
{
if (date == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(date));
}
if (calendarType == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(calendarType));
}
date = date.ToLower().Trim();
if (date.Length < 6)
{
throw new Exception("Format of string is not a date format!");
}
if (calendarType is GregorianDate)
{
DateTime dt;
CultureInfo cultureInfo = new CultureInfo("en-US");
DateTime.TryParse(date, cultureInfo, DateTimeStyles.None, out dt);
return(new GregorianDate(dt));
}
var tmp = date.Replace('\\', '/').Replace("-", "/").Replace(".", "/").Replace("_", "/").Split('/');
if (tmp[2].Length > tmp[0].Length)
{
calendarType.Year = Convert.ToInt32(tmp[2]);
calendarType.Month = calendarType.GetMonthInfo(Convert.ToInt32(tmp[1]));
calendarType.Day = Convert.ToInt32(tmp[0]);
}
else
{
calendarType.Year = Convert.ToInt32(tmp[0]);
calendarType.Month = calendarType.GetMonthInfo(Convert.ToInt32(tmp[1]));
calendarType.Day = Convert.ToInt32(tmp[2]);
}
return(calendarType);
}