// This code was copied from XmlDictionaryReader.ReadElementContentAsDateTime which is an internal method
public static DateTime ReadElementContentAsDateTime(this XmlDictionaryReader reader)
{
bool isEmptyElement = reader.IsStartElement() && reader.IsEmptyElement;
DateTime value;
if (isEmptyElement)
{
reader.Read();
try
{
value = DateTime.Parse(string.Empty, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
}
catch (ArgumentException exception)
{
throw new XmlException(string.Format(SRServiceModel.XmlInvalidConversion, string.Empty, "DateTime"), exception);
}
catch (FormatException exception)
{
throw new XmlException(string.Format(SRServiceModel.XmlInvalidConversion, string.Empty, "DateTime"), exception);
}
}
else
{
reader.ReadStartElement();
value = reader.ReadContentAsDateTimeOffset().DateTime;
reader.ReadEndElement();
}
return(value);
}
