/// <summary>
/// Convert a DateTimeOffset value to its XML equivalent.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dateTime"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static DateTimeOffsetXml ToDateTimeOffsetXml(DateTimeOffset dateTime)
{
DateTimeOffsetXml newObject = new DateTimeOffsetXml();
newObject.DateTime = dateTime.DateTime;
newObject.Offset = (int)dateTime.Offset.TotalMinutes;
return(newObject);
}
/// <summary>
/// Convert the DateTimeOffset XML structure to its native form
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dateTime"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static DateTimeOffset FromDateTimeOffsetXml(DateTimeOffsetXml dateTime)
{
if (dateTime == null)
{
return(DateTimeOffset.MinValue);
}
var sourceDateTime = dateTime.DateTime;
if (sourceDateTime.Kind != DateTimeKind.Unspecified)
{
sourceDateTime = DateTime.SpecifyKind(sourceDateTime, DateTimeKind.Unspecified); //otherwise the DTO onstructor will fail.
}
return(new DateTimeOffset(sourceDateTime, new TimeSpan(0, dateTime.Offset, 0)));
}
private static void DateTimeOffsetXmlToXmlWriter(XmlWriter xmlWriter, string elementName, DateTimeOffsetXml dateTimeOffsetXml)
{
if (dateTimeOffsetXml == null)
{
return;
}
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement(elementName);
WriteXmlAttribute(xmlWriter, "DateTime", dateTimeOffsetXml.DateTime);
WriteXmlAttribute(xmlWriter, "Offset", dateTimeOffsetXml.Offset);
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
}