/// <summary>
/// Sets the date of this timestamp with the specified precision.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dateTime">Date/time value or null</param>
/// <param name="precision">Precision format (year, month, day, hour, minute, 1 second, 100 milliseconds, 10 milliseconds, 1 milliseconds or 100 nanoseconds, with or without time zone)</param>
public void SetDateTime(DateTime?dateTime, HL7DateTimePrecision precision)
{
timeofanevent = HL7DateTime.ToString(dateTime, precision);
// the precision is indicated by limiting the number of digits used, not using degreeofprecision.
degreeofprecision = null;
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts a DateTime to an HL7 timestamp string, using the given precision.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">A DateTime value.</param>
/// <param name="precision">The desired precision and whether to include the time zone offset.</param>
/// <returns>An HL7 timestamp string.</returns>
public static string ToString(DateTime?value, HL7DateTimePrecision precision)
{
if (value.HasValue)
{
string format = precision.GetAttributeValue <HL7DateTimeFormat, string>(a => a.Format);
return(value.Value.ToString(format).Replace(":", ""));
}
return(string.Empty);
}