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XElement ExplicitNarrowingExplicitExplicit Conversion (XElement to DateTimeOffset)

Cast the value of this XAttribute to a DateTimeOffset.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

Namespace:  System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:  System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Visual Basic
Public Shared Narrowing Operator CType ( _
    element As XElement _
) As DateTimeOffset
C#
public static explicit operator DateTimeOffset (
    XElement element
)
Visual C++
static explicit operator DateTimeOffset (
    XElement^ element
)
F#
F# does not support the declaration of new casting operators.

Parameters

element
Type: System.Xml.Linq..::.XElement
The XElement to cast to DateTimeOffset.

Return Value

Type: System..::.DateTimeOffset
A DateTimeOffset that contains the content of this XElement.
ExceptionCondition
FormatException

The element does not contain a valid DateTimeOffset value.

ArgumentNullException

The element parameter is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

This conversion operator uses the XmlConvert class to do the conversion.

The following example creates an element with date and time content. It then casts to DateTimeOffset to retrieve the value.

C#
XElement root = new XElement("Root",
    new XElement("Child", new DateTimeOffset(new DateTime(2006, 10, 6, 12, 30, 0)))
);
Console.WriteLine(root);

DateTimeOffset dt = (DateTimeOffset)root.Element("Child");
Console.WriteLine("dt={0}", dt);
Visual Basic
Dim root As XElement = _
    <Root>
        <Child><%= New DateTimeOffset(New DateTime(2006, 10, 6, 12, 30, 0)) %></Child>
    </Root>
Console.WriteLine(root)

Dim dt As DateTimeOffset = CType(root.<Child>(0), DateTimeOffset)
Console.WriteLine("dt={0}", dt)

This example produces the following output:

<Root>
  <Child>2006-10-06T12:30:00-07:00</Child>
</Root>
dt=10/6/2006 12:30:00 PM -07:00

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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