/// <summary>
/// Writes an enumeration of <see cref="DateTime"/> values to this stream. The <see cref="DateTime"/> values
/// will be available in the specified binary format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="values">The <see cref="DateTime"/> values to write.</param>
/// <param name="format">The binary format in which the <see cref="DateTime"/> values will be written.</param>
public void Write(IEnumerable <DateTime> values, BinaryDateTimeFormat format)
{
foreach (DateTime value in values)
{
Write(value, format);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Reads the specified number of <see cref="DateTime"/> values from the current stream into a
/// <see cref="DateTime"/> array. The <see cref="DateTime"/> values are available in the specified binary
/// format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="count">The number of <see cref="DateTime"/> values to read.</param>
/// <param name="format">The binary format, in which the <see cref="DateTime"/> values will be read.</param>
/// <returns>The <see cref="DateTime"/> array read from the current stream.</returns>
public DateTime[] ReadDateTimes(int count, BinaryDateTimeFormat format)
{
DateTime[] values = new DateTime[count];
for (int i = 0; i < values.Length; i++)
{
values[i] = ReadDateTime(format);
}
return(values);
}
/// <summary>
/// Reads a <see cref="DateTime"/> from the current stream. The <see cref="DateTime"/> is available in the
/// specified binary format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format">The binary format, in which the <see cref="DateTime"/> will be read.</param>
/// <returns>The <see cref="DateTime"/> read from the current stream.</returns>
public DateTime ReadDateTime(BinaryDateTimeFormat format)
{
switch (format)
{
case BinaryDateTimeFormat.CTime:
return(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1).ToLocalTime().AddSeconds(ReadUInt32()));
case BinaryDateTimeFormat.NetTicks:
return(new DateTime(ReadInt64()));
default:
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("format", "The specified binary datetime format is invalid");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Writes a <see cref="DateTime"/> to this stream. The <see cref="DateTime"/> will be available in the
/// specified binary format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The value to write.</param>
/// <param name="format">The binary format in which the <see cref="DateTime"/> will be written.</param>
public void Write(DateTime value, BinaryDateTimeFormat format)
{
switch (format)
{
case BinaryDateTimeFormat.CTime:
Write((uint)(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1) - value.ToLocalTime()).TotalSeconds);
break;
case BinaryDateTimeFormat.NetTicks:
Write(value.Ticks);
break;
default:
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("format", "The specified binary datetime format is invalid.");
}
}
