using System;

using System.Globalization;

using System.Collections;

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Hashtable timezoneLookup = GetTimeZoneAbbreviationLookup();

        string dateString, format;

        DateTime result;

        CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;

        // Example input: 'Wed Jan 11 08:37:19 CEST 2017'

        dateString = "Wed Jan 11 08:37:19 CEST 2017";

        string[] stzElements = dateString.Split(' '); // expecting 6 fields

        // replace timezone abbreviation with the utc offset

        stzElements[4] = (string)timezoneLookup[stzElements[4]];

        // select proper timezone format, zzz if minutes are specified, zz otherwise

        if (stzElements[4].Contains(":"))

        {

            format = "ddd MMM dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy";

        }