MediaWikiHelperParseDateTime Method

This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.

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

Namespace: WikiClientLibrary.Infrastructures
Assembly: WikiClientLibrary (in WikiClientLibrary.dll) Version: 0.9.0-int.4+fbadc980737ddc9bb67116900ecad57f84a0b241

Syntax

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public static DateTime ParseDateTime(
	string expression
)

Public Shared Function ParseDateTime ( 
	expression As String
) As DateTime

Dim expression As String

Dim returnValue As DateTime

returnValue = MediaWikiHelper.ParseDateTime(expression)

public:
static DateTime ParseDateTime(
	String^ expression
)

static member ParseDateTime : 
        expression : string -> DateTime

Parameters

expression String: The timestamp expression to be parsed.

Return Value

DateTime

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

ParseDateTimeOffset(String)

WikiDateTimeConverter

ParseDateTime(String)

WikiDateTimeOffsetConverter