MediaWikiHelperParseDateTimeOffset Method

This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.

Parses a DateTimeOffset from MediaWiki API timestamp from the API response.

Namespace: WikiClientLibrary.Infrastructures
Assembly: WikiClientLibrary (in WikiClientLibrary.dll) Version: 0.9.0-int.2+447d1d590e6726b7881f750a0a0e42908f3e417e

Syntax

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public static DateTimeOffset ParseDateTimeOffset(
	string expression
)

Public Shared Function ParseDateTimeOffset ( 
	expression As String
) As DateTimeOffset

Dim expression As String

Dim returnValue As DateTimeOffset

returnValue = MediaWikiHelper.ParseDateTimeOffset(expression)

public:
static DateTimeOffset ParseDateTimeOffset(
	String^ expression
)

static member ParseDateTimeOffset : 
        expression : string -> DateTimeOffset

Parameters

expression String: The timestamp expression to be parsed.

Return Value

DateTimeOffset

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	expression is null.
ArgumentException	expression is empty.
FormatException	expression is not a valid timestamp expression.

Remarks

This converter handles the following JSON string values as MaxValue or MaxValue:

infinity
infinite
indefinite
never

For now this method supports conversion of ISO 8601 format. If you are using this class and need more support within the API specification linked below, please open an issue in WCL repository.

See mw:API:Data formats#Timestamps for more information.

Reference

MediaWikiHelper Class

WikiClientLibrary.Infrastructures Namespace

ParseDateTime(String)

WikiDateTimeOffsetConverter