ToDateTimeOffset Method (String)
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XmlConvert.ToDateTimeOffset Method (String)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Converts the supplied String to a DateTimeOffset equivalent.

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ToDateTimeOffset ( _
	s As String _
) As DateTimeOffset

Parameters

s
Type: System.String
The string to convert.
Note   The string must conform to a subset of the W3C Recommendation for the XML dateTime type. For more information see XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes.

Return Value

Type: System.DateTimeOffset
The DateTimeOffset equivalent of the supplied string.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

s is Nothing.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The argument passed to this method is outside the range of allowable values. For information about allowable values, see DateTimeOffset.

FormatException

The argument passed to this method does not conform to a subset of the W3C Recommendations for the XML dateTime type. For more information see XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes.

When more than seven digits are specified for fractional seconds, the value is rounded. For example, 00000004 becomes 0000000 and 00000005 becomes 0000001.


            Dim xmlString As String = _
                "<?xml version='1.0'?>" & _
                "<transactions>" & _
                   "<transaction>" & _
                      "<id>123456789</id>" & _
                      "<amount>1.00</amount>" & _
                      "<currency>USD</currency>" & _
                      "<time>2007-08-03T22:05:13-07:00</time>" & _
                   "</transaction>" & _
                "</transactions>"

            ' Create an XmlReader
            Using reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(New StringReader(xmlString))
                reader.ReadToFollowing("time")
                Dim time As String = reader.ReadElementContentAsString()

                ' Read the element contents as a string and covert to DateTimeOffset type
                ' The format of time must be a subset of the W3C Recommendation for the XML dateTime type
                Dim transaction_time As DateTimeOffset = XmlConvert.ToDateTimeOffset(time)
                OutputTextBlock.Text = transaction_time.ToString()
            End Using



Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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