/// <summary>
/// Generates dates in the given format for the Day DateType with the start and end dates.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="inputFormat">The inputDate format</param>
/// <param name="displayFormat">The display date format</param>
/// <param name="start">The start date from which to start searching</param>
/// <param name="end">The end date at which to stop searching</param>
/// <returns>An array of date strings after applying the rule from the start date to end date.
/// The format of strings in this array is the display date format.
/// </returns>
///
/// <remarks>
/// Due to a design bug, the date must be specified in such a way that the format [DateValue][space][TimeValue]
/// is in the correct input date format. Conversely, any input date formats not in [DateValue][space][TimeValue]
/// format are not supported.
/// </remarks>
/// <exception cref="RuleInvalidDataException">If the dates could not be generated due to either incorrect
/// inputFormat/displayFormat or invalid DateValue/TimeValue</exception>
private string[] GenerateDatesForDayDateType(string inputFormat, string displayFormat,
DateTime start, DateTime end)
{
string dateAndTime = String.Empty;
DateTime parsedDate;
List <DateTime> ret = new List <DateTime>();
try
{
//Time values may be semi colon delimited
string[] timeValues = TimeValue.Split(';');
foreach (string timeValue in timeValues)
{
//Form a [DateValue][space][TimeValue] string
dateAndTime = DateValue.TrimEnd() + " " + timeValue.TrimStart();
dateAndTime = dateAndTime.Trim();
//Try to parse it using inputFormat
parsedDate = DateTime.ParseExact(dateAndTime, inputFormat, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
if (parsedDate.Year % YearDivisor == 0 && parsedDate >= start && parsedDate <= end)
{
ret.Add(parsedDate);
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new RuleInvalidDataException(dateAndTime + " is not a valid date for the format : "
+ inputFormat, e);
}
return(FormatListAndReturnArray(ret, displayFormat));
}