TimeHelpers Class

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12/30/2016

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
	CurrentDateTimeAsSmsTime	Generates a DateTime object as a CIM-formatted string.
	CurrentTimeAsIso8601	Gets the current time in ISO 8601 format.
	CurrentTimeAsUnixTime	Gets the current time as Unix ctime.

Methods

	Name	Description
	ParseCTime(Int64)	Converts time from a CTime object to a DateTime object.
	ParseIso8601Time(String)	Converts time from the string date format to a DateTime object.
	ParseIso8601Time(String, Boolean)	Converts time from the string date format to DateTime.
	ParseSmsCookieTime(String)	Converts time from cookie time format to a DateTime object.
	ParseSmsTime(String)	Converts time from string CIM_DATETIME format to a DateTime object.
	ToComFileTime(DateTime)	Converts a DateTime object as local time to a COM FILETIME object. For UTC conversion, use ToComFileTime(DateTime, Boolean).
	ToComFileTime(DateTime, Boolean)	Converts a DateTime object to a COM FILETIME object.
	ToCTime(DateTime)	Converts a DateTime object to Unix ctime.
	ToCTime(DateTime, Boolean)	Converts a DateTime object to Unix ctime.
	ToCTime(Nullable<DateTime>)	Converts a DateTime object to Unix ctime.
	ToCTime(Nullable<DateTime>, Boolean)	Converts a DateTime object to Unix ctime.
	ToDateTime(FILETIME)	Converts a FILETIME object represented as local time to a managed DateTime object. For UTC conversion, use ToDateTime(FILETIME, Boolean).
	ToDateTime(FILETIME, Boolean)	Converts a FILETIME object to a managed DateTime object.
	ToIso8601Time(DateTime)	Converts an existing DateTime object to ISO 8601 format.
	ToSmsCookieTime(DateTime)	Converts an existing DateTime object to the SMS cookie time format: 2007-01-01 11:11:11.000.
	ToSmsTime(DateTime)	Converts a DateTime object to an SMS-formatted string.
	ToSmsTime(DateTime, Boolean)	Converts a DateTime object to a CIM-formatted string.
	ToSmsTime(DateTime, Int32)	Converts a DateTime object to a CIM-formatted string. Override with a specific offset.
	ToSmsTime(DateTime, SmsTimeZone)	Converts a DateTime object to a CIM-formatted string.
	ToSmsTime(DateTime, SmsTimeZone, Boolean, Int32)	Formats CIM time to a string. For example: '20070402184502.000000-420'.
	ToSystemTime(DateTime)	Converts a DateTime object to a SystemTime representation.

Fields

	Name	Description
	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.

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