XAttribute Narrowing Conversion (XAttribute to Nullable(Of DateTime))
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Cast the value of this XAttribute to a Nullable(Of T) of DateTime.
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
'Declaration Public Shared Narrowing Operator CType ( _ attribute As XAttribute _ ) As Nullable(Of DateTime)
Parameters
- attribute
- Type: System.Xml.Linq.XAttribute
The XAttribute to cast to a Nullable(Of T) of DateTime.
Return Value
Type: System.Nullable(Of DateTime)A Nullable(Of T) of DateTime that contains the content of this XAttribute.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| FormatException | The attribute does not contain a valid DateTime value. |
The value space of an attribute or element that contains date and time content is closely related to the dates and times described in ISO 8601. When creating an attribute or element that contains date and time content, the attribute or element values are formatted per the W3C specification. See the W3C specification for more details.
Behavior is lax when casting to a Nullable(Of T) of DateTime from an attribute or element. Even if the attribute or element value is not formatted exactly per the W3C specification, the value is appropriately converted to a Nullable(Of T) of DateTime.
This conversion operator uses CultureInfo.InvariantCulture to convert from a DateTime.