// internally, CrissCross uses yyyy-mm-dd to pass dates from client to server
// sometimes also needs to parse dates from executionlog that are in regional format
// hence this tries specific regional format then general format.
// Also FlexiEnGbUs is a magic option to try both Gb and Us in a safe way
public DateParseResult ParseDateStringVariousWays(string dateString, string cultureCode)
{
var ret = new DateParseResult();
DateTime parseResult;
// first try specific culture
// specific flexible option for gb/us dates
if (cultureCode.ToLower().Equals("flexi-gb-us"))
{
if (dateString.EndsWith("12:00:00 AM"))
{
cultureCode = "EN-US";
}
else if (dateString.EndsWith("00:00:00"))
{
cultureCode = "EN-GB";
}
else
{
cultureCode = null;
}
}
if (cultureCode != null)
{
IFormatProvider culture = new CultureInfo(cultureCode, true);
// parse using a culture code
if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, DateTimeStyles.None, out parseResult))
{
ret.CouldParse = true;
ret.DateTime = parseResult;
return(ret);
}
}
// then try generally
if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, out parseResult))
{
ret.CouldParse = true;
ret.DateTime = parseResult;
return(ret);
}
ret.CouldParse = false;
return(ret);
}
// internally, CrissCross uses yyyy-mm-dd to pass dates from client to server
// sometimes also needs to parse dates from executionlog that are in regional format
// hence this tries specific regional format then general format.
// Also FlexiEnGbUs is a magic option to try both Gb and Us in a safe way
public DateParseResult ParseDateStringVariousWays(string dateString, string cultureCode)
{
var ret = new DateParseResult();
DateTime parseResult;
// first try specific culture
// specific flexible option for gb/us dates
if (cultureCode.ToLower().Equals("flexi-gb-us"))
{
if (dateString.EndsWith("12:00:00 AM"))
cultureCode = "EN-US";
else if (dateString.EndsWith("00:00:00"))
cultureCode = "EN-GB";
else
cultureCode = null;
}
if (cultureCode != null)
{
IFormatProvider culture = new CultureInfo(cultureCode, true);
// parse using a culture code
if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, culture, DateTimeStyles.None, out parseResult))
{
ret.CouldParse = true;
ret.DateTime = parseResult;
return ret;
}
}
// then try generally
if (DateTime.TryParse(dateString, out parseResult))
{
ret.CouldParse = true;
ret.DateTime = parseResult;
return ret;
}
ret.CouldParse = false;
return ret;
}
