diff --git a/DateHandlers.cs b/DateHandlers.cs
index ce27ce5..8d90eda 100644
--- a/DateHandlers.cs
+++ b/DateHandlers.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using DiscImageChef.Console;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace DiscImageChef
 {
@@ -90,52 +91,52 @@ namespace DiscImageChef
             fourcharvalue[1] = VDDateTime[1];
             fourcharvalue[2] = VDDateTime[2];
             fourcharvalue[3] = VDDateTime[3];
-            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "year = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(fourcharvalue));
-            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(fourcharvalue), out year))
+            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "year = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(fourcharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
+            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(fourcharvalue, Encoding.ASCII), out year))
                 year = 0;
-            //			year = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(fourcharvalue));
+            //			year = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(fourcharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
 
             twocharvalue[0] = VDDateTime[4];
             twocharvalue[1] = VDDateTime[5];
-            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "month = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
-            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue), out month))
+            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "month = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
+            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII), out month))
                 month = 0;
-            //			month = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
+            //			month = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
 
             twocharvalue[0] = VDDateTime[6];
             twocharvalue[1] = VDDateTime[7];
-            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "day = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
-            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue), out day))
+            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "day = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
+            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII), out day))
                 day = 0;
-            //			day = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
+            //			day = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
 
             twocharvalue[0] = VDDateTime[8];
             twocharvalue[1] = VDDateTime[9];
-            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "hour = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
-            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue), out hour))
+            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "hour = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
+            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII), out hour))
                 hour = 0;
-            //			hour = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
+            //			hour = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
 
             twocharvalue[0] = VDDateTime[10];
             twocharvalue[1] = VDDateTime[11];
-            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "minute = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
-            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue), out minute))
+            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "minute = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
+            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII), out minute))
                 minute = 0;
-            //			minute = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
+            //			minute = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
 
             twocharvalue[0] = VDDateTime[12];
             twocharvalue[1] = VDDateTime[13];
-            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "second = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
-            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue), out second))
+            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "second = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
+            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII), out second))
                 second = 0;
-            //			second = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
+            //			second = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
 
             twocharvalue[0] = VDDateTime[14];
             twocharvalue[1] = VDDateTime[15];
-            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "hundredths = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
-            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue), out hundredths))
+            DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "hundredths = \"{0}\"", StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
+            if(!int.TryParse(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII), out hundredths))
                 hundredths = 0;
-            //			hundredths = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue));
+            //			hundredths = Convert.ToInt32(StringHandlers.CToString(twocharvalue, Encoding.ASCII));
 
             DicConsole.DebugWriteLine("ISO9600ToDateTime handler", "decodedDT = new DateTime({0}, {1}, {2}, {3}, {4}, {5}, {6}, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);", year, month, day, hour, minute, second, hundredths * 10);
             DateTime decodedDT = new DateTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, hundredths * 10, DateTimeKind.Unspecified);
diff --git a/StringHandlers.cs b/StringHandlers.cs
index 70033b4..e0a8c18 100644
--- a/StringHandlers.cs
+++ b/StringHandlers.cs
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ namespace DiscImageChef
         /// <returns>The corresponding C# string</returns>
         /// <param name="PascalString">A length-prefixed (aka Pascal string) ASCII byte array</param>
         public static string PascalToString(byte[] PascalString)
+        {
+            return PascalToString(PascalString, Encoding.ASCII);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a length-prefixed (aka Pascal string) ASCII byte array to a C# string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The corresponding C# string</returns>
+        /// <param name="PascalString">A length-prefixed (aka Pascal string) ASCII byte array</param>
+        /// <param name="encoding">Encoding.</param>
+        public static string PascalToString(byte[] PascalString, Encoding encoding)
         {
             if(PascalString == null)
                 return null;
@@ -86,7 +97,7 @@ namespace DiscImageChef
 
             for(int i = 1; i < length + 1; i++)
             {
-                sb.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(PascalString, i, 1));
+                sb.Append(encoding.GetString(PascalString, i, 1));
             }
 
             return sb.ToString();
@@ -98,6 +109,17 @@ namespace DiscImageChef
         /// <returns>The corresponding C# string</returns>
         /// <param name="SpacePaddedString">A space (' ', 0x20, ASCII SPACE) padded ASCII byte array</param>
         public static string SpacePaddedToString(byte[] SpacePaddedString)
+        {
+            return SpacePaddedToString(SpacePaddedString, Encoding.ASCII);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a space (' ', 0x20, ASCII SPACE) padded ASCII byte array to a C# string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The corresponding C# string</returns>
+        /// <param name="SpacePaddedString">A space (' ', 0x20, ASCII SPACE) padded ASCII byte array</param>
+        /// <param name="encoding">Encoding.</param>
+        public static string SpacePaddedToString(byte[] SpacePaddedString, Encoding encoding)
         {
             if(SpacePaddedString == null)
                 return null;
@@ -116,7 +138,7 @@ namespace DiscImageChef
                 }
             }
 
-            return length == 0 ? "" : Encoding.ASCII.GetString(SpacePaddedString, 0, length);
+            return length == 0 ? "" : encoding.GetString(SpacePaddedString, 0, length);
         }
 
         /// <summary>