private static string GetRecognitionKeyBasedOnRequestedValue(UserDateTimeValueOptions requestedValue)
{
var requestedValueKey = string.Empty;
switch (requestedValue)
{
case UserDateTimeValueOptions.Date:
requestedValueKey = "datetimeV2.date";
break;
case UserDateTimeValueOptions.Time:
requestedValueKey = "datetimeV2.time";
break;
default:
requestedValueKey = "datetimeV2.date";
break;
}
return(requestedValueKey);
}
private static bool GetDateOrTimeFromUserInput(string userInput, UserDateTimeValueOptions requestedValue, out DateTime userRequestedDateOrTime)
{
userRequestedDateOrTime = default(DateTime);
var managedToRecognize = false;
string requestedValueKey = GetRecognitionKeyBasedOnRequestedValue(requestedValue);
var culture = Culture.English;
var dateTimeRecognitionResult = DateTimeRecognizer.RecognizeDateTime(userInput, culture);
if (dateTimeRecognitionResult.Any(entity => entity.TypeName == requestedValueKey))
{
var recognizedDateResolution = dateTimeRecognitionResult
.First(entity => entity.TypeName == requestedValueKey)
.Resolution["values"] as List <Dictionary <string, string> >;
DateTime dateTimeDump = default(DateTime);
if (recognizedDateResolution.Any(foundDate => DateTime.TryParse(foundDate["value"], out dateTimeDump)))
{
managedToRecognize = true;
userRequestedDateOrTime = dateTimeDump;
}
}
return(managedToRecognize);
}
