How to pass a DateTime value to a WebMethod

[Jaime Stuardo]

Hi all..

I have a WebMethod with a parameter defined as DateTime. When I call that
webservice, I get this error:
System.FormatEx ception: The string '07/24/2005' is not a valid AllXsd value.

It seems that dates aren't recognized. I tried using several date formats,
for example, dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy, yyyy/mm/dd, and so on, without success.

Any help woud be greatly appreciated,

Thanks
Jaime

[Allen St.Clair]

Re: How to pass a DateTime value to a WebMethod

You can use a String (ToString) to connect them BUT if the two system
regions are different, there maybe an error.

So, I have my own way.

Public Function TimeCodeMaker(B yVal Time As DateTime) As String
Return Format(Time.Yea r Mod 100, "00") + Format(Time.Mon th, "00") +
Format(Time.Day , "00") + Format(Time.Hou r, "00") + Format(Time.Min ute, "00")
+ Format(Time.Sec ond, "00") + Format(Time.Mil lisecond \ 100, "0")
End Function

Public Function TimeCodeDecoder (ByVal TimeString As String) As DateTime
Return New DateTime(Val(Mi d(TimeString, 1, 2)), Val(Mid(TimeStr ing,
3, 2)), Val(Mid(TimeStr ing, 5, 2)), Val(Mid(TimeStr ing, 7, 2)),
Val(Mid(TimeStr ing, 9, 2)), Val(Mid(TimeStr ing, 11, 2)), Val(Mid(TimeStr ing,
13, 1)) * 100)
End Function



"Jaime Stuardo" <JaimeStuardo@d iscussions.micr osoft.com> wrote in message
news:02CD4CA2-8B0C-40A4-B439-BFE2EFDF1AC4@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi all..
>
> I have a WebMethod with a parameter defined as DateTime. When I call that
> webservice, I get this error:
> System.FormatEx ception: The string '07/24/2005' is not a valid AllXsd
> value.
>
> It seems that dates aren't recognized. I tried using several date formats,
> for example, dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy, yyyy/mm/dd, and so on, without
> success.
>
> Any help woud be greatly appreciated,
>
> Thanks
> Jaime[/color]

[Jaime Stuardo]

Re: How to pass a DateTime value to a WebMethod

Thanks Allen for answerring...

I have finally searched the XSD specification and I have found that the date
has to be passed using the format: CCYY-MM-DD, so I set as a requirement of
my webservice the date to be passed using that format.

Jaime


"Allen St.Clair" wrote:
[color=blue]
> You can use a String (ToString) to connect them BUT if the two system
> regions are different, there maybe an error.
>
> So, I have my own way.
>
> Public Function TimeCodeMaker(B yVal Time As DateTime) As String
> Return Format(Time.Yea r Mod 100, "00") + Format(Time.Mon th, "00") +
> Format(Time.Day , "00") + Format(Time.Hou r, "00") + Format(Time.Min ute, "00")
> + Format(Time.Sec ond, "00") + Format(Time.Mil lisecond \ 100, "0")
> End Function
>
> Public Function TimeCodeDecoder (ByVal TimeString As String) As DateTime
> Return New DateTime(Val(Mi d(TimeString, 1, 2)), Val(Mid(TimeStr ing,
> 3, 2)), Val(Mid(TimeStr ing, 5, 2)), Val(Mid(TimeStr ing, 7, 2)),
> Val(Mid(TimeStr ing, 9, 2)), Val(Mid(TimeStr ing, 11, 2)), Val(Mid(TimeStr ing,
> 13, 1)) * 100)
> End Function
>
>
>
> "Jaime Stuardo" <JaimeStuardo@d iscussions.micr osoft.com> wrote in message
> news:02CD4CA2-8B0C-40A4-B439-BFE2EFDF1AC4@mi crosoft.com...[color=green]
> > Hi all..
> >
> > I have a WebMethod with a parameter defined as DateTime. When I call that
> > webservice, I get this error:
> > System.FormatEx ception: The string '07/24/2005' is not a valid AllXsd
> > value.
> >
> > It seems that dates aren't recognized. I tried using several date formats,
> > for example, dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy, yyyy/mm/dd, and so on, without
> > success.
> >
> > Any help woud be greatly appreciated,
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jaime[/color]
>
>
>[/color]