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Parse date and time value, and allow all white space

using System; using System.Globalization; public class Test {    public static void Main()    {           string dateString, format;           DateTimeOffset result;         CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;         dateString = " 06/15/   2008  15:15    -05:00";         format = "MM/dd/yyyy H:mm zzz";         try         {            result = DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider, DateTimeStyles.AllowWhiteSpaces);            Console.WriteLine("'{0}' converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());         }            catch (FormatException)         {            Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is not in the correct format.", dateString);         }     } }