Issues with date time format while downloading the web page

[csKanna]

I use following code to download a web page source code in my project:

Private Function dlwebFile(ByVal sUrl As String, ByVal sFile As String) As Boolean
    Try
        Dim wr As HttpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create(sUrl)
        wr.Method = "POST"
        'wr.ContentLength = strPostData.Length
        wr.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
        wr.UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; en-US)"
        wr.CookieContainer = New CookieContainer
 
        Dim sw As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(wr.GetRequestStream)
        'sw.Write(strPostData)
        sw.Close()
 
        Dim ws As HttpWebResponse = CType(wr.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
        Using str As Stream = ws.GetResponseStream()
            Dim inBuf(100000000) As Byte 'allows to download upto 100 mb file
            Dim bytesToRead As Integer = CInt(inBuf.Length)
            Dim bytesRead As Integer = 0
            While bytesToRead > 0
                Dim n As Integer = str.Read(inBuf, bytesRead, bytesToRead)
                If n = 0 Then
                    Exit While
                End If
                bytesRead += n
                bytesToRead -= n
            End While
            Using fstr As FileStream = New FileStream(sFile, FileMode.Create)
                fstr.Write(inBuf, 0, bytesRead)
            End Using
        End Using
        Return True
    Catch ex As Exception
        Return False
    End Try
End Function

The web page I am trying to download is a intranet site. I am periodically downloading the web page for archiving purpose for future reference. The web page will list the current active jobs/projects we work. We process 100's of jobs everyday. The list item will have the Project id, Project name, Project deadline, etc.

The download works fine. the web page is downloaded locally. The problem is the date/time format is changed to some other format. If I view the web page in browser, the deadline of one of the project shows as "7/15 03:00".

However, the downloaded webpage shows the deadline of that project as "Wed Jul 14 16:30:00 CDT 2010". I believe it shows in CDT timezone. Also, it shows couple of other timezone too. I think the project might be created from those countries. I am in India timezone.

Can someone help me on solving this issue?

Thanks

[stepdragon]

Maybe this will help you out.

[csKanna]

Thanks. I know how to convert from one timezone to another. I would like to stop changing the date time format conversion in first place. It is not simple to find and replace the date time format changes in html source code. The date time format is changed in tons of places.