XPathItem.ValueAsDateTime Property

Definition

When overridden in a derived class, gets the item's value as a DateTime.

public:
 abstract property DateTime ValueAsDateTime { DateTime get(); };
public abstract DateTime ValueAsDateTime { get; }
member this.ValueAsDateTime : DateTime
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property ValueAsDateTime As DateTime

Property Value

The item's value as a DateTime.

Exceptions

The item's value is not in the correct format for the DateTime type.

The attempted cast to DateTime is not valid.

Remarks

The ValueAsDateTime property attempts to convert the value of the item to the .NET Framework 2.0 DateTime type according to the XPath 2.0 rules for casting the item's type.

For more information about type support in the System.Xml namespace, see Type Support in the System.Xml Classes.

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