ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToDmtfDateTime(DateTime) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Management

Assembly:

System.Management.dll

Package:

System.Management v9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5

Source:

ManagementDateTime.cs

Converts a given DateTime to DMTF datetime format.

public:
 static System::String ^ ToDmtfDateTime(DateTime date);

public static string ToDmtfDateTime (DateTime date);

static member ToDmtfDateTime : DateTime -> string

Public Shared Function ToDmtfDateTime (date As DateTime) As String

Parameters

date

DateTime

A DateTime representing the datetime to be converted to DMTF datetime.

Returns

String

A string that represents the DMTF datetime for the given DateTime.

Examples

The following example converts a given DateTime to DMTF datetime format.

using System;
using System.Management;

// The sample below demonstrates the various conversions
// that can be done using ManagementDateTimeConverter class
class Sample_ManagementDateTimeConverterClass
{
    public static int Main(string[] args)
    {
        string dmtfDate = "20020408141835.999999-420";
        string dmtfTimeInterval = "00000010122532:123456:000";

        // Converting DMTF datetime to System.DateTime
        DateTime dt =
            ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToDateTime(dmtfDate);

        // Converting System.DateTime to DMTF datetime
        string dmtfDateTime =
            ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToDmtfDateTime(DateTime.Now);

        // Converting DMTF time interval to System.TimeSpan
        System.TimeSpan tsRet =
            ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToTimeSpan(dmtfTimeInterval);

        //Converting System.TimeSpan to DMTF time interval format
        System.TimeSpan ts =
            new System.TimeSpan(10,12,25,32,456);
        string dmtfTimeInt  =
            ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToDmtfTimeInterval(ts);

        return 0;
    }
}

Imports System.Management

'The sample below demonstrates the various conversions
' that can be done using ManagementDateTimeConverter class    
Class Sample_ManagementClass
    Public Overloads Shared Function Main(ByVal args() As String) _
        As Integer
        Dim dmtfDate As String = "20020408141835.999999-420"
        Dim dmtfTimeInterval As String = "00000010122532:123456:000"

        'Converting DMTF datetime and intervals to System.DateTime
        Dim dt As DateTime = _
            ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToDateTime(dmtfDate)

        'Converting System.DateTime to DMTF datetime
        dmtfDate = _
            ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToDmtfDateTime(DateTime.Now)

        ' Converting DMTF timeinterval to System.TimeSpan
        Dim tsRet As System.TimeSpan = _
            ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToTimeSpan(dmtfTimeInterval)

        'Converting System.TimeSpan to DMTF time interval format
        Dim ts As System.TimeSpan = _
            New System.TimeSpan(10, 12, 25, 32, 456)
        Dim dmtfTimeInt As String
        dmtfTimeInt = _
            ManagementDateTimeConverter.ToDmtfTimeInterval(ts)

        Return 0
    End Function
End Class

Remarks

The resulting DMTF datetime string is based on the UTC offset of the current time zone. The lowest precision in DMTF is microseconds; in DateTime, the lowest precision is Ticks, which are equivalent to 100 nanoseconds. During conversion, Ticks are converted to microseconds and rounded off to the nearest microsecond.

.NET Framework security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.