DateTime Conversion Nightmare

[Chris Malone]

I'm trying to convert into friendly format the "LastModifi ed" property
of an object returned via WMI from remote servers. Every attempt to
manipulate that using DateTime has bombed with "specified cast not
valid" errors, etc. Here is the code:

for(i=0;i<SCORE Array.GetUpperB ound(0);i++)
{

ConnectionOptio ns oConn = new ConnectionOptio ns();
oConn.Username =
oConn.Password =

System.Manageme nt.ManagementSc ope oMs = new
System.Manageme nt.ManagementSc ope("\\\\" + SCOREArray[i] +
"\\root\\cimv2" , oConn);
System.Manageme nt.ObjectQuery oQuery = new
System.Manageme nt.ObjectQuery( "select * FROM CIM_Datafile WHERE Name =
'c:\\\\winnt\\\ \memory.dmp'");


ManagementObjec tSearcher oSearcher = new
ManagementObjec tSearcher(oMs,o Query);
ManagementObjec tCollection oReturnCollecti on = oSearcher.Get() ;

foreach( ManagementObjec t oReturn in oReturnCollecti on )
{
try
{

ListBox1.Items. Add(SCOREArray[i] + " - Modify date is : " +
(oReturn["LastModifi ed"].ToString()));
}
catch(System.Ex ception gen_ex)
{ ListBox1.Items. Add(SCOREArray[i] + gen_ex.Message) ;
}


An example of the output of this property is
"20050105160751 .664062-360". I'm having a terrible time converting that
into a user-friendly date.

Any assistance appreciated.

chris

[Yunus Emre ALPÖZEN [MCSD.NET]]

Re: DateTime Conversion Nightmare

Take a look at this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...arsetopic2.asp

--

Thanks,
Yunus Emre ALPÖZEN
BSc, MCSD.NET

"Chris Malone" <persillade@hot mail.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm trying to convert into friendly format the "LastModifi ed" property
> of an object returned via WMI from remote servers. Every attempt to
> manipulate that using DateTime has bombed with "specified cast not
> valid" errors, etc. Here is the code:
>
> for(i=0;i<SCORE Array.GetUpperB ound(0);i++)
> {
>
> ConnectionOptio ns oConn = new ConnectionOptio ns();
> oConn.Username =
> oConn.Password =
>
> System.Manageme nt.ManagementSc ope oMs = new
> System.Manageme nt.ManagementSc ope("\\\\" + SCOREArray[i] +
> "\\root\\cimv2" , oConn);
> System.Manageme nt.ObjectQuery oQuery = new
> System.Manageme nt.ObjectQuery( "select * FROM CIM_Datafile WHERE Name =
> 'c:\\\\winnt\\\ \memory.dmp'");
>
>
> ManagementObjec tSearcher oSearcher = new
> ManagementObjec tSearcher(oMs,o Query);
> ManagementObjec tCollection oReturnCollecti on = oSearcher.Get() ;
>
> foreach( ManagementObjec t oReturn in oReturnCollecti on )
> {
> try
> {
>
> ListBox1.Items. Add(SCOREArray[i] + " - Modify date is : " +
> (oReturn["LastModifi ed"].ToString()));
> }
> catch(System.Ex ception gen_ex)
> { ListBox1.Items. Add(SCOREArray[i] + gen_ex.Message) ;
> }
>
>
> An example of the output of this property is
> "20050105160751 .664062-360". I'm having a terrible time converting that
> into a user-friendly date.
>
> Any assistance appreciated.
>
> chris
>[/color]

[Manfred Braun]

Re: DateTime Conversion Nightmare

Hi,

I would use the mgmtclassgen generator from VS [see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...lassgenexe.asp ]
, export a class containing the WBEMDateTime and cut and paste the
conversion code .... That's what I've done.

Best regards,
Manfred Braun

(Private)
Mannheim
Germany

mailto:_manfred .braun_@manfbra un.de
(Remove the anti-spam-underscore to mail me!)

"Chris Malone" <persillade@hot mail.com> wrote in message
news:1118430806 .225313.130210@ g44g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
>
> I'm trying to convert into friendly format the "LastModifi ed" property
> of an object returned via WMI from remote servers. Every attempt to
> manipulate that using DateTime has bombed with "specified cast not
> valid" errors, etc. Here is the code:
>
> for(i=0;i<SCORE Array.GetUpperB ound(0);i++)
> {
>
> ConnectionOptio ns oConn = new ConnectionOptio ns();
> oConn.Username =
> oConn.Password =
>
> System.Manageme nt.ManagementSc ope oMs = new
> System.Manageme nt.ManagementSc ope("\\\\" + SCOREArray[i] +
> "\\root\\cimv2" , oConn);
> System.Manageme nt.ObjectQuery oQuery = new
> System.Manageme nt.ObjectQuery( "select * FROM CIM_Datafile WHERE Name =
> 'c:\\\\winnt\\\ \memory.dmp'");
>
>
> ManagementObjec tSearcher oSearcher = new
> ManagementObjec tSearcher(oMs,o Query);
> ManagementObjec tCollection oReturnCollecti on = oSearcher.Get() ;
>
> foreach( ManagementObjec t oReturn in oReturnCollecti on )
> {
> try
> {
>
> ListBox1.Items. Add(SCOREArray[i] + " - Modify date is : " +
> (oReturn["LastModifi ed"].ToString()));
> }
> catch(System.Ex ception gen_ex)
> { ListBox1.Items. Add(SCOREArray[i] + gen_ex.Message) ;
> }
>
>
> An example of the output of this property is
> "20050105160751 .664062-360". I'm having a terrible time converting that
> into a user-friendly date.
>
> Any assistance appreciated.
>
> chris
>[/color]

[Chris Malone]

Re: DateTime Conversion Nightmare

Actually I figured it out over the weekend and used
ManagementDateT imeConverter.To DateTime. This is exactly what I needed.

chris