Date format question

[Mike R]

Hi

I have a web service that requires an xml tag to be formatted like this :

<StartDate>2004-01-13T00:00:00.0000000-00:00</StartDate>

Using vb.net how do I get this format. I've tried the various functions to
no avail.

Thanks

Mike

 

[Michael D. Ober]

What are the actual field components supposed to be? It's appears to be
self explanitory until you get to the fractions of a second.

Mike.

 

[Telmo Sampaio]

I believe you will have to play with your date a little. Here's a link on
Date Time formatting that explains what you can do:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/programming/bcl/faq/DateAndTimeFAQ.as
px

Also, you will want to use System.TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.GetUtcOffset to
get the last portion of your date.

I hope this helps a little.

Telmo Sampaio
System.TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.GetUtcOffset

 

[Mike R]

What are the actual field components supposed to be? It's appears to be
self explanitory until you get to the fractions of a second.

Mike.

Thanks Mike, Yes, I think I may have worked it out _ was looking too hard

Dim d As Date

Dim ts As System.TimeSpan

ts = System.TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.GetUtcOffset(Now())

'MsgBox(ts.ToString)

MsgBox(Now.Year & "-" & Now.Month.ToString("xx") & "-" & Now.Day & "T" &
Now.ToShortTimeString & ":00.0000000" & ts.ToString)

'MsgBox(Now.Date)