DateTimeValueSerializer.ConvertToString Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Markup

Assembly:

System.Xaml.dll

Converts an instance of DateTime to a String.

public:
 override System::String ^ ConvertToString(System::Object ^ value, System::Windows::Markup::IValueSerializerContext ^ context);

public override string ConvertToString (object value, System.Windows.Markup.IValueSerializerContext context);

override this.ConvertToString : obj * System.Windows.Markup.IValueSerializerContext -> string

Public Overrides Function ConvertToString (value As Object, context As IValueSerializerContext) As String

Parameters

value

Object

The object to convert into a string.

context

IValueSerializerContext

Context information that is used for conversion.

Returns

String

A string representation of the specified DateTime.

Exceptions

NotSupportedException

value is not a DateTime or is null.

Remarks

context is not used by this implementation.

String representations for dates as found in XAML value processing are based on the en-US culture. This is because XAML processing for culture-sensitive information is split conceptually between compile-time and run-time phases and must use a known string representation throughout. For more information, see WPF Globalization and Localization Overview.

The current implementation uses a format string that is adjusted depending on whether aspects of the supplied DateTime have values. For example, if there is no value in TotalSeconds, the format string is in the form yyyy-MM-dd rather than writing out full-verbosity zero values for the time component.