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To convert it, try using XmlConvert.ToDateTime.

"George" <> wrote in message
news:95A568BE-B378-45FE-BB72-...
> I'm getting Xml back from an RSS feed. (snippet is pasted below).
> I'm constructing a DataSet out of this Xml by doing a
DataSet.ReadXml(rssurl)
>
> check out the pubDate, it comes in the format
> DayofWeek, Day Month Year Time TimeZone
> Tue, 04 May 2004 03:13:29 GMT
>
> Currently it comes in as text and isn't sortable. Is this dateformat
convertable to a System.DateTime?
>
> <item
rdf:about="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/bill+gates/*"><title>
<![CDATA[ Bill Gates fined 800,000 dollars for merger violation (AFP via
Yahoo!
News) ]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/bill+gate
s/SIG=12uo2slu5/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040504/tc_
afp/us_justice_gates_040504031329</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2004 03:13:29
GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The world's richest man, &lt;b&gt;Bill
Gates&lt;/b&gt;, agreed to pay an 800,000 dollar civil penalty to settle
charges he violated merger reporting requirements on an investment he made,
officials said.]]></description></item>