TimeHelpers Class

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Provides methods to help you work with time. Configuration Manager uses several different types of time internally. This class encapsulates many of them.

Supported time formats include: ISO 8601, CIM time (also called SMS time in the some of the methods and properties in this class), FILETIME, SystemTime, "SMS Cookie" time, and CTime/time_t/UNIX time. Conversion to and from these formats is supported in most cases.

Namespace:   Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Messaging.Framework
Assembly:  Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Messaging (in Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Messaging.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Messaging.Framework.TimeHelpers

Syntax

[SerializableAttribute]
public static class TimeHelpers

[SerializableAttribute]
[ExtensionAttribute]
public ref class TimeHelpers abstract sealed 

<SerializableAttribute>
<ExtensionAttribute>
Public NotInheritable Class TimeHelpers

Properties

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubpropertySystem_CAPS_static CurrentDateTimeAsSmsTime

Generates a DateTime object as a CIM-formatted string.
System_CAPS_pubpropertySystem_CAPS_static CurrentTimeAsIso8601

Gets the current time in ISO 8601 format.
System_CAPS_pubpropertySystem_CAPS_static CurrentTimeAsUnixTime

Gets the current time as Unix ctime.

Methods

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ParseCTime(Int64)

Converts time from a CTime object to a DateTime object.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ParseIso8601Time(String)

Converts time from the string date format to a DateTime object.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ParseIso8601Time(String, Boolean)

Converts time from the string date format to DateTime.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ParseSmsCookieTime(String)

Converts time from cookie time format to a DateTime object.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ParseSmsTime(String)

Converts time from string CIM_DATETIME format to a DateTime object.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToComFileTime(DateTime)

Converts a DateTime object as local time to a COM FILETIME object. For UTC conversion, use ToComFileTime(DateTime, Boolean).
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToComFileTime(DateTime, Boolean)

Converts a DateTime object to a COM FILETIME object.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToCTime(DateTime)

Converts a DateTime object to Unix ctime.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToCTime(DateTime, Boolean)

Converts a DateTime object to Unix ctime.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToCTime(Nullable<DateTime>)

Converts a DateTime object to Unix ctime.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToCTime(Nullable<DateTime>, Boolean)

Converts a DateTime object to Unix ctime.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToDateTime(FILETIME)

Converts a FILETIME object represented as local time to a managed DateTime object. For UTC conversion, use ToDateTime(FILETIME, Boolean).
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToDateTime(FILETIME, Boolean)

Converts a FILETIME object to a managed DateTime object.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToIso8601Time(DateTime)

Converts an existing DateTime object to ISO 8601 format.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToSmsCookieTime(DateTime)

Converts an existing DateTime object to the SMS cookie time format: 2007-01-01 11:11:11.000.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToSmsTime(DateTime)

Converts a DateTime object to an SMS-formatted string.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToSmsTime(DateTime, Boolean)

Converts a DateTime object to a CIM-formatted string.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToSmsTime(DateTime, Int32)

Converts a DateTime object to a CIM-formatted string. Override with a specific offset.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToSmsTime(DateTime, SmsTimeZone)

Converts a DateTime object to a CIM-formatted string.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToSmsTime(DateTime, SmsTimeZone, Boolean, Int32)

Formats CIM time to a string. For example: '20070402184502.000000-420'.
System_CAPS_pubmethodSystem_CAPS_static ToSystemTime(DateTime)

Converts a DateTime object to a SystemTime representation.

Fields

Name Description
System_CAPS_pubfieldSystem_CAPS_static Epoch

Unix ctime epoch DateTime.

Thread Safety

Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Messaging.Framework Namespace

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