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reply PacMan <jckj33 gmail.com> writes:
I've been looking for a function or library to parse a date in a 

TryParseExactbut I couldn't find any. so far I only found 
fromISOExtString(), and fromSimpleString() which doesn't allow me 
to set a custom string format. I've looked up at

https://code.dlang.org/search?q=date
https://code.dlang.org/search?q=date+parsing

but to my surpise I didn't find either. Am I using wrong keywords 
or there's no really such method implemented yet?

[1]: 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.datetime.tryparseexact?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=netframework-4.7.2#System_DateTime_TryParseExact_System_String_System_String_System_IFormatProvider_System_Globalization_DateTimeStyles_System_DateTime__
Nov 27 2018
parent Neia Neutuladh <neia ikeran.org> writes:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:22:17 +0000, PacMan wrote:
 I've been looking for a function or library to parse a date in a custom

 TryParseExactbut I couldn't find any. so far I only found
 fromISOExtString(), and fromSimpleString() which doesn't allow me to set
 a custom string format.
http://code.dlang.org/packages/datefmt didn't do it for you? ...that readme is pretty terrible, granted.
Nov 27 2018