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=== Code examples

==== Noncompliant code example

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var dateTimeString = "4/12/2023 4:05:48 PM"; // This is an en-US format string - 12 of April 2023
var dateTimeObject = DateTime.Parse(dateTimeString); // This is wrongly parsed as 4th of December, when it's read in a machine with "CultureInfo.CurrentCulture" en-150 (English Europe)

var dateTimeString2 = "4/13/2023 4:05:48 PM"; // This is an en-US format string - 13 of April 2023
var dateTimeObject2 = DateTime.Parse(dateTimeString2); // Runtime Error, when it's parsed in a machine with "CultureInfo.CurrentCulture" en-150 (English Europe).

var timeInSaudiArabia = new TimeOnly(16, 23).ToString(new CultureInfo("ar-SA"));
var timeObject = TimeOnly.Parse(timeInSaudiArabia); // Runtime Error, when it's parsed in a machine with "CultureInfo.CurrentCulture" en-150 (English Europe).
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==== Compliant solution

[source,csharp,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
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var dateTimeString = "4/12/2023 4:05:48 PM"; // This is an en-US format string - 12 of April 2023
var dateTimeObject = DateTime.Parse(dateTimeString, new CultureInfo("en-US"));

var dateTimeString2 = "4/13/2023 4:05:48 PM"; // This is an en-US format string - 13 of April 2023
var dateTimeObject2 = DateTime.Parse(dateTimeString2, new CultureInfo("en-US"))

var timeInSaudiArabia = new TimeOnly(16, 23).ToString(new CultureInfo("ar-SA"));
var timeObject = TimeOnly.Parse(timeInSaudiArabia, new CultureInfo("ar-SA"));
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== Resources

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