Hello all, is there a way to directly parse a date...

# kotlinx-datetime

[chi]

Hello all, is there a way to directly parse a date string in this format; "MM/dd/yyyy HHmmss" using Kotlin Date time? LocalDateTime or Instant string parsing methods fail

[Mustafa Ozhan]

fun Instant.toDateString(
    timeZone: TimeZone = TimeZone.currentSystemDefault()
) = toLocalDateTime(timeZone).run {
    "${hour.doubleDigits()}:${minute.doubleDigits()} " +
        "${dayOfMonth.doubleDigits()}.${monthNumber.doubleDigits()}.${year.doubleDigits()}"
}

this one doesn’t fail to me

[Mustafa Ozhan]

Ohh you need this too 🙂

private const val BIGGEST_DIGIT = 9

fun Int.doubleDigits() = if (this <= BIGGEST_DIGIT) "0$this" else "$this"

[chi]

But you can't convert a date string in that format into a LocalDateTime, it'll throw an error