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Parse date-only value with leading white space

using System; using System.Globalization; public class Test {    public static void Main()    {           string dateString, format;           DateTimeOffset result;         CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;         // throw a FormatException because only trailing whitespace is specified in method call.         dateString = " 06/15/2010   ";         format = "d";         try         {            result = DateTimeOffset.ParseExact(dateString, format, provider, DateTimeStyles.AllowTrailingWhite);            Console.WriteLine("'{0}' converts to {1}.", dateString, result.ToString());         }            catch (FormatException)         {            Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is not in the correct format.", dateString);         }     } }