/// <summary>
/// Try to get the datetime from an object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">Object to try to parse.</param>
/// <returns>The parsed datetime or null.</returns>
public static DateTime?GetDateTimeNullable(object value)
{
DateTime currentDateTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
DateTime newDateTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
Boolean parse = DateTime.TryParse(HString.ToString(value), out newDateTime);
return(parse ? (DateTime?)newDateTime : null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Safely trims a string from object and checks for special characters.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The object to set string and trim.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static String CsvSafeTrim(Object value)
{
String newValue = HString.SafeTrim(value);
if (newValue.IndexOfAny(new char[] { '"', ',' }) != -1)
{
newValue = String.Format("\"{0}\"", newValue.Replace("\"", "\"\""));
}
return(newValue);
}
/// <summary>
/// Safely trims a string from object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The object to set string and trim.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static String SafeTrim(Object value)
{
return(value != null?HString.ToString(value).Trim() : String.Empty);
}
