SerializationInfo.GetDateTime(String) Method

Definition

Retrieves a DateTime value from the SerializationInfo store.

public:
 DateTime GetDateTime(System::String ^ name);
public DateTime GetDateTime (string name);
member this.GetDateTime : string -> DateTime
Public Function GetDateTime (name As String) As DateTime

Parameters

name
String

The name associated with the value to retrieve.

Returns

The DateTime value associated with name.

Exceptions

name is null.

The value associated with name cannot be converted to a DateTime value.

An element with the specified name is not found in the current instance.

Remarks

If the value is a DateTime, or can be converted to a DateTime, that value is returned; otherwise, a InvalidCastException is thrown. All conversions are done by the IFormatterConverter associated with this SerializationInfo.

Applies to