Reads the text content at the current position as a DateTime object.
Public Overridable Function ReadContentAsDateTime As DateTime
Dim instance As XmlReader Dim returnValue As DateTime returnValue = instance.ReadContentAsDateTime()
public virtual DateTime ReadContentAsDateTime()
public: virtual DateTime ReadContentAsDateTime()
public function ReadContentAsDateTime() : DateTime
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The string format is not valid.
This method concatenates text, white space, significant white space, and CDATA sections, and skips any comments or processing instructions. Entity references are automatically resolved.
If the content is typed xsd:dateTime, the reader returns an unboxed DateTime object. If the content is not typed xsd:dateTime, the reader attempts to convert it to a DateTime object according to the rules defined by the W3C XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes recommendation.
You cannot rely on the DateTime..::.Year value when the content is typed as xsd:gMonthDay. XmlReader always sets the DateTime..::.Year value to 1904 in this case.
The following table describes how this method treats each node type.
XmlNodeType
Return value
Reader behavior
Text
CDATA
Whitespace
SignificantWhitespace
EntityReference
EndEntity
Concatenated content of text, CDATA, white space and significant white space nodes converted to the requested type.
Moves to the next start element or end element tag. Entity references are automatically expanded.
Attribute
Same as calling XmlConvert.ToXxx on the attribute value.
The reader remains in the current position.
Comment
ProcessingInstruction
Ignores the processing instruction (PI) or comment and reads the concatenated text content that follows the PI or comment.
EndElement
An empty string.
Element
XmlDeclaration
None
Document
DocumentType
Notation
Entity
DocumentFragment
An InvalidOperationException is thrown.
Undefined, although typically the reader remains in the current position.
For more information, see Reading Typed Data and the W3C XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes recommendation.
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