Parse a string represengting UTC
Imports System.Globalization Class MainClass Public Shared Sub Main() Dim enUS As New CultureInfo("en-US") Dim dateString As String Dim dateValue As Date dateString = "2010-06-11T16:11:20.0904778Z" Try dateValue = Date.ParseExact(dateString, "o", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, _ DateTimeStyles.None) Console.WriteLine(dateValue) Catch e As FormatException Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is not in an acceptable format.", dateString) End Try End Sub End Class