# Convert string date format to DateTime object

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**Created:** [September 13, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/convert-string-date-format-to-datetime-object/14939 "2020-09-13T02:35:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![mach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mach](https://forums.powershell.org/u/mach)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/convert-string-date-format-to-datetime-object/14939/1 "2020-09-13T02:35:57Z")

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How to convert time from string with format ‘_Sunday, September 13, 2020 8:49:32 AM CDT_’ to DateTime object.

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**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/convert-string-date-format-to-datetime-object/14939/2 "2020-09-13T05:29:37Z")

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```
Get-Date -Date 'September 13, 2020 8:49:32 AM'
```

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**Author:** ![mach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mach](https://forums.powershell.org/u/mach)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/convert-string-date-format-to-datetime-object/14939/3 "2020-09-16T00:16:51Z")

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But the time zone in string is in CDT domain, if get-date command is used time will be my system timezone.

Would it be possible to get DateTime for ‘_Sunday, September 13, 2020 8:49:32 AM CDT_‘ (This is in CDT timezone) and get it converted to system timezone.

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**Author:** ![adminofthings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@adminofthings](https://forums.powershell.org/u/adminofthings)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/convert-string-date-format-to-datetime-object/14939/4 "2020-09-16T04:45:43Z")

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You cannot capture time zone in this format (CDT, PDT, BST, etc.). You have to use an offset instead or do a time conversion with it stripped from the datetime string.

```
$SourceTimeZone = [TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById('Central Standard Time')
$DestinationTimeZone = [TimeZoneInfo]::Local
$DateString = 'Sunday, September 13, 2020 8:49:32 AM CDT'
[TimeZoneInfo]::ConvertTime(($DateString -replace '\s+CDT'),$SourceTimeZone,$DestinationTimeZone)
```

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**Author:** ![rob-simmers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.powershell.org/rob-simmers/32/1010_2.png) [@rob-simmers](https://forums.powershell.org/u/rob-simmers)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/convert-string-date-format-to-datetime-object/14939/5 "2020-09-16T04:56:27Z")

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Here is one method:

```
[System.TimeZoneInfo]::ConvertTimeBySystemTimeZoneId((Get-Date), 'Central Standard Time')
```

Timezones can be enumerated like so:

```
foreach ($timezone in ([timezoneinfo]::GetSystemTimeZones() | select displayname, id)) {
    'Time in zone {0} is {1} with a local time of {2}' -f $timezone.Id, 
                                                          [System.TimeZoneInfo]::ConvertTimeBySystemTimeZoneId((Get-Date), $timezone.id),
                                                          (Get-Date)
}
```

Output:

```
Time in zone Dateline Standard Time is 9/16/2020 2:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone UTC-11 is 9/16/2020 3:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Aleutian Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Hawaiian Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Marquesas Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:53:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Alaskan Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone UTC-09 is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Yukon Standard Time is 9/16/2020 7:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Pacific Standard Time (Mexico) is 9/16/2020 7:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone UTC-08 is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Pacific Standard Time is 9/16/2020 7:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone US Mountain Standard Time is 9/16/2020 7:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Mountain Standard Time (Mexico) is 9/16/2020 8:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Mountain Standard Time is 9/16/2020 8:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Central America Standard Time is 9/16/2020 8:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Central Standard Time is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Easter Island Standard Time is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Central Standard Time (Mexico) is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Canada Central Standard Time is 9/16/2020 8:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone SA Pacific Standard Time is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Eastern Standard Time (Mexico) is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Eastern Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Haiti Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Cuba Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone US Eastern Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Turks And Caicos Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Paraguay Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Atlantic Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Venezuela Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Central Brazilian Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone SA Western Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Pacific SA Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Newfoundland Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:53:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Tocantins Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone E. South America Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone SA Eastern Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Argentina Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Greenland Standard Time is 9/16/2020 12:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Montevideo Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Magallanes Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Saint Pierre Standard Time is 9/16/2020 12:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Bahia Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone UTC-02 is 9/16/2020 12:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Mid-Atlantic Standard Time is 9/16/2020 1:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Azores Standard Time is 9/16/2020 2:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Cape Verde Standard Time is 9/16/2020 1:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone UTC is 9/16/2020 2:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone GMT Standard Time is 9/16/2020 3:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Greenwich Standard Time is 9/16/2020 2:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Sao Tome Standard Time is 9/16/2020 2:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Morocco Standard Time is 9/16/2020 3:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone W. Europe Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Central Europe Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Romance Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Central European Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone W. Central Africa Standard Time is 9/16/2020 3:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Jordan Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone GTB Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Middle East Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Egypt Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone E. Europe Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Syria Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone West Bank Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone South Africa Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone FLE Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Israel Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Kaliningrad Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Sudan Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Libya Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Namibia Standard Time is 9/16/2020 4:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Arabic Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Turkey Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Arab Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Belarus Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Russian Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone E. Africa Standard Time is 9/16/2020 5:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Iran Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:53:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Arabian Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Astrakhan Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Azerbaijan Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Russia Time Zone 3 is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Mauritius Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Saratov Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Georgian Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Volgograd Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Caucasus Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Afghanistan Standard Time is 9/16/2020 6:53:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone West Asia Standard Time is 9/16/2020 7:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Ekaterinburg Standard Time is 9/16/2020 7:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Pakistan Standard Time is 9/16/2020 7:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Qyzylorda Standard Time is 9/16/2020 7:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone India Standard Time is 9/16/2020 7:53:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Sri Lanka Standard Time is 9/16/2020 7:53:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Nepal Standard Time is 9/16/2020 8:08:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Central Asia Standard Time is 9/16/2020 8:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Bangladesh Standard Time is 9/16/2020 8:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Omsk Standard Time is 9/16/2020 8:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Myanmar Standard Time is 9/16/2020 8:53:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone SE Asia Standard Time is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Altai Standard Time is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone W. Mongolia Standard Time is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone North Asia Standard Time is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone N. Central Asia Standard Time is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Tomsk Standard Time is 9/16/2020 9:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone China Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone North Asia East Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Singapore Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone W. Australia Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Taipei Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Ulaanbaatar Standard Time is 9/16/2020 10:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Aus Central W. Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:08:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Transbaikal Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Tokyo Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone North Korea Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Korea Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Yakutsk Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:23:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Cen. Australia Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:53:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone AUS Central Standard Time is 9/16/2020 11:53:23 PM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone E. Australia Standard Time is 9/17/2020 12:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone AUS Eastern Standard Time is 9/17/2020 12:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone West Pacific Standard Time is 9/17/2020 12:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Tasmania Standard Time is 9/17/2020 12:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Vladivostok Standard Time is 9/17/2020 12:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Lord Howe Standard Time is 9/17/2020 12:53:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Bougainville Standard Time is 9/17/2020 1:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Russia Time Zone 10 is 9/17/2020 1:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Magadan Standard Time is 9/17/2020 1:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Norfolk Standard Time is 9/17/2020 1:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Sakhalin Standard Time is 9/17/2020 1:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Central Pacific Standard Time is 9/17/2020 1:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Russia Time Zone 11 is 9/17/2020 2:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone New Zealand Standard Time is 9/17/2020 2:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone UTC+12 is 9/17/2020 2:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Fiji Standard Time is 9/17/2020 2:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Kamchatka Standard Time is 9/17/2020 3:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Chatham Islands Standard Time is 9/17/2020 3:08:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone UTC+13 is 9/17/2020 3:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Tonga Standard Time is 9/17/2020 3:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Samoa Standard Time is 9/17/2020 3:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
Time in zone Line Islands Standard Time is 9/17/2020 4:23:23 AM with a local time of 9/16/2020 10:23:23 AM
```

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**Author:** ![mach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@mach](https://forums.powershell.org/u/mach)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/convert-string-date-format-to-datetime-object/14939/6 "2020-09-20T15:43:31Z")

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Thank you both,

This worked perfectly.

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