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I dropped the code referenced below in a class called DateParser in the
RSS.net Shared folder:

http://bytes.com/forum/thread214648.html

Then instead of the shameless hackery of code that looks like:

string tmp = elementText.ToString ();
tmp = tmp.Substring (0, tmp.Length - 5);
tmp += "GMT";
item.PubDate = DateTime.Parse (tmp);

I wrote:

item.PubDate = DateParser.ParseDateTime(elementText.ToString());

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George, I noticed your note on this and I'm running into
the same problem (years later albeit). Curious whether
you found a better solution. Looks like this project has
been abandoned.

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you need to add using System.Globalization; to that class
and it'll work.

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erebuss: thats great, but i cant seem to use your code
without getting gobs of compile errors... can u tell me wehre i
need to put that code?

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that works grand! when will this be added to the CVS release?

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I had the same problem and thanks to a mvp, I had the
solution:

public static string[][] TimeZones = new string[][] {
new string[] {"ACDT", "+1030", "Australian Central Daylight"},
new string[] {"ACST", "+0930", "Australian Central Standard"},
new string[] {"ADT", "-0300", "(US) Atlantic Daylight"},
new string[] {"AEDT", "+1100", "Australian East Daylight"},
new string[] {"AEST", "+1000", "Australian East Standard"},
new string[] {"AHDT", "-0900", "AHDT"},
new string[] {"AHST", "-1000", "AHST"},
new string[] {"AST", "-0400", "(US) Atlantic Standard"},
new string[] {"AT", "-0200", "Azores"},
new string[] {"AWDT", "+0900", "Australian West Daylight"},
new string[] {"AWST", "+0800", "Australian West Standard"},
new string[] {"BAT", "+0300", "Bhagdad"},
new string[] {"BDST", "+0200", "British Double Summer"},
new string[] {"BET", "-1100", "Bering Standard"},
new string[] {"BST", "-0300", "Brazil Standard"},
new string[] {"BT", "+0300", "Baghdad"},
new string[] {"BZT2", "-0300", "Brazil Zone 2"},
new string[] {"CADT", "+1030", "Central Australian Daylight"},
new string[] {"CAST", "+0930", "Central Australian Standard"},
new string[] {"CAT", "-1000", "Central Alaska"},
new string[] {"CCT", "+0800", "China Coast"},
new string[] {"CDT", "-0500", "(US) Central Daylight"},
new string[] {"CED", "+0200", "Central European Daylight"},
new string[] {"CET", "+0100", "Central European"},
new string[] {"CST", "-0600", "(US) Central Standard"},
new string[] {"EAST", "+1000", "Eastern Australian Standard"},
new string[] {"EDT", "-0400", "(US) Eastern Daylight"},
new string[] {"EED", "+0300", "Eastern European Daylight"},
new string[] {"EET", "+0200", "Eastern Europe"},
new string[] {"EEST", "+0300", "Eastern Europe Summer"},
new string[] {"EST", "-0500", "(US) Eastern Standard"},
new string[] {"FST", "+0200", "French Summer"},
new string[] {"FWT", "+0100", "French Winter"},
new string[] {"GMT", "-0000", "Greenwich Mean"},
new string[] {"GST", "+1000", "Guam Standard"},
new string[] {"HDT", "-0900", "Hawaii Daylight"},
new string[] {"HST", "-1000", "Hawaii Standard"},
new string[] {"IDLE", "+1200", "Internation Date Line East"},
new string[] {"IDLW", "-1200", "Internation Date Line West"},
new string[] {"IST", "+0530", "Indian Standard"},
new string[] {"IT", "+0330", "Iran"},
new string[] {"JST", "+0900", "Japan Standard"},
new string[] {"JT", "+0700", "Java"},
new string[] {"MDT", "-0600", "(US) Mountain Daylight"},
new string[] {"MED", "+0200", "Middle European Daylight"},
new string[] {"MET", "+0100", "Middle European"},
new string[] {"MEST", "+0200", "Middle European Summer"},
new string[] {"MEWT", "+0100", "Middle European Winter"},
new string[] {"MST", "-0700", "(US) Mountain Standard"},
new string[] {"MT", "+0800", "Moluccas"},
new string[] {"NDT", "-0230", "Newfoundland Daylight"},
new string[] {"NFT", "-0330", "Newfoundland"},
new string[] {"NT", "-1100", "Nome"},
new string[] {"NST", "+0630", "North Sumatra"},
new string[] {"NZ", "+1100", "New Zealand "},
new string[] {"NZST", "+1200", "New Zealand Standard"},
new string[] {"NZDT", "+1300", "New Zealand Daylight"},
new string[] {"NZT", "+1200", "New Zealand"},
new string[] {"PDT", "-0700", "(US) Pacific Daylight"},
new string[] {"PST", "-0800", "(US) Pacific Standard"},
new string[] {"ROK", "+0900", "Republic of Korea"},
new string[] {"SAD", "+1000", "South Australia Daylight"},
new string[] {"SAST", "+0900", "South Australia Standard"},
new string[] {"SAT", "+0900", "South Australia Standard"},
new string[] {"SDT", "+1000", "South Australia Daylight"},
new string[] {"SST", "+0200", "Swedish Summer"},
new string[] {"SWT", "+0100", "Swedish Winter"},
new string[] {"USZ3", "+0400", "USSR Zone 3"},
new string[] {"USZ4", "+0500", "USSR Zone 4"},
new string[] {"USZ5", "+0600", "USSR Zone 5"},
new string[] {"USZ6", "+0700", "USSR Zone 6"},
new string[] {"UT", "-0000", "Universal Coordinated"},
new string[] {"UTC", "-0000", "Universal Coordinated"},
new string[] {"UZ10", "+1100", "USSR Zone 10"},
new string[] {"WAT", "-0100", "West Africa"},
new string[] {"WET", "-0000", "West European"},
new string[] {"WST", "+0800", "West Australian Standard"},
new string[] {"YDT", "-0800", "Yukon Daylight"},
new string[] {"YST", "-0900", "Yukon Standard"},
new string[] {"ZP4", "+0400", "USSR Zone 3"},
new string[] {"ZP5", "+0500", "USSR Zone 4"},
new string[] {"ZP6", "+0600", "USSR Zone 5"}
};

public static DateTime ParseDateTime(string dateTime)
{
System.Globalization.CultureInfo ci =
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;

try
{
return DateTime.Parse(dateTime, ci,
DateTimeStyles.AllowWhiteSpaces);
}
catch (FormatException)
{
try
{
return DateTime.ParseExact(dateTime, new string[]
{ci.DateTimeFormat.SortableDateTimePattern,
ci.DateTimeFormat.RFC1123Pattern}, ci,
DateTimeStyles.AllowWhiteSpaces);
}
catch (FormatException)
{
string dateFormat =
ci.DateTimeFormat.RFC1123Pattern.Replace("'GMT'", "zzz");
foreach(string[] entry in TimeZones)
{
if (dateTime.EndsWith(entry[0]))
{
dateTime = String.Format("{0}{1}",
dateTime.Substring(0,
dateTime.Length - entry[0].Length), entry[1]);
break; }
}
try
{
return DateTime.ParseExact(dateTime,
dateFormat, ci,
DateTimeStyles.AllowWhiteSpaces);
}
catch (FormatException)
{
return DateTime.Now;
}
}
}
}


Just change the switch in rssreader.cs :
item.PubDate = ParseDateTime(elementText.ToString());

Enjoy !

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its not only when it ends in something like EST, but also when
it ends in something like +0000 or +0500. i just found that
out the hard way....