private static string ComputeDateTimeString( string dateTime, string format, DateTime currentDate, CultureInfo cultureInfo )
{
Dictionary<string, string> dateParts = GetDateParts( currentDate, cultureInfo );
string[] timeParts = new string[ 3 ] { currentDate.Hour.ToString(), currentDate.Minute.ToString(), currentDate.Second.ToString() };
string millisecondsPart = currentDate.Millisecond.ToString();
string designator = "";
string[] dateTimeSeparators = new string[] { ",", " ", "-", ".", "/", cultureInfo.DateTimeFormat.DateSeparator, cultureInfo.DateTimeFormat.TimeSeparator };
UpdateSortableDateTimeString( ref dateTime, ref format, cultureInfo );
var dateTimeParts = dateTime.Split( dateTimeSeparators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries ).ToList();
var formats = format.Split( dateTimeSeparators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries ).ToList();
//Auto-complete missing date parts
if( dateTimeParts.Count < formats.Count )
{
while( dateTimeParts.Count != formats.Count )
{
dateTimeParts.Add( "0" );
}
}
//something went wrong
if( dateTimeParts.Count != formats.Count )
return string.Empty;
for( int i = 0; i < formats.Count; i++ )
{
var f = formats[ i ];
if( !f.Contains( "ddd" ) && !f.Contains( "GMT" ) )
{
if( f.Contains( "M" ) )
dateParts[ "Month" ] = dateTimeParts[ i ] != "0" ? dateTimeParts[ i ] : "1";
else if( f.Contains( "d" ) )
dateParts[ "Day" ] = dateTimeParts[ i ] != "0" ? dateTimeParts[ i ] : "1";
else if( f.Contains( "y" ) )
{
dateParts[ "Year" ] = dateTimeParts[ i ] != "0" ? dateTimeParts[ i ] : "0001";
if( dateParts[ "Year" ].Length == 2 )
dateParts[ "Year" ] = string.Format( "{0}{1}", currentDate.Year / 100, dateParts[ "Year" ] );
}
else if( f.Contains( "h" ) || f.Contains( "H" ) )
timeParts[ 0 ] = dateTimeParts[ i ];
else if( f.Contains( "m" ) )
timeParts[ 1 ] = dateTimeParts[ i ];
else if( f.Contains( "s" ) )
timeParts[ 2 ] = dateTimeParts[ i ];
else if( f.Contains( "f" ) )
millisecondsPart = dateTimeParts[ i ];
else if( f.Contains( "t" ) )
designator = dateTimeParts[ i ];
}
}
var date = string.Join( cultureInfo.DateTimeFormat.DateSeparator, dateParts.Select( x => x.Value ).ToArray() );
var time = string.Join( cultureInfo.DateTimeFormat.TimeSeparator, timeParts );
time += "." + millisecondsPart;
return String.Format( "{0} {1} {2}", date, time, designator );
}