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Yodacheese
Yodacheese

Reputation: 5037

Convert a datetime string in Unicode (with Arabic numerals) to DateTime object

I'm getting UTC time from devices that appear in arabic unicode. How can I convert this format to a DateTime object?

Here is an example of the date format: ٢٠١٤-١٢-٢٨T٢١:٤١:٥٨Z

For the curious, it should translate to: 2014/12/28 21:41:58

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1254

Answers (1)

CodeCaster
CodeCaster

Reputation: 151690

Combining How to convert Arabic number to int? and How to create a .Net DateTime from ISO 8601 format:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    string input = "٢٠١٤-١٢-٢٨T٢١:٤١:٥٨Z";
    string output = ReplaceArabicNumerals(input);

    var dateTime = DateTime.Parse(output, null, DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal);

    Console.WriteLine(output);
    Console.WriteLine(dateTime.ToString("u"));

    Console.ReadKey();
}

public static string ReplaceArabicNumerals(string input)
{
    string output = "";
    foreach (char c in input)
    {
        if (c >= 1632 && c <= 1641)
        {
            output += Char.GetNumericValue(c).ToString();
        }
        else
        {
            output += c;
        }                
    }
    return output;
}

Yields 2014-12-28T21:41:58Z and 2014-12-28 21:41:58Z.

Explanation of the ReplaceArabicNumerals() method: when it detects an Arabic-Indic numeral (between code point 1632 (0) and 1641 (9)), it requests the numerical value of the character. This translates the East-Arabic numerals into West-Arabic ones that .NET can parse.

Upvotes: 3

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