ISO 8601 into a datetime object using C#
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How to create a .NET DateTime from ISO 8601 format
How can I parse a date string in ISO 8601 format into a datetime object using C#?
Use one of the ISO 8601 standard date and time format strings - "O", "o" , "S" and "s" when parsing the string (aka the Roundtrip format specifier) .
The pattern for this specifier reflects a defined standard (ISO 8601). Therefore, it is always the same regardless of the culture used or the format provider supplied.
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(iso8601String, "s", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);