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.FormatException: 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]

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(ByVal Time As DateTime) As String
Return Format(Time.Year Mod 100, "00") + Format(Time.Month, "00") +
Format(Time.Day, "00") + Format(Time.Hour, "00") + Format(Time.Minute, "00")
+ Format(Time.Second, "00") + Format(Time.Millisecond \ 100, "0")
End Function

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

"Jaime Stuardo" <Ja**********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:02**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi all..

I have a WebMethod with a parameter defined as DateTime. When I call that
webservice, I get this error:
System.FormatException: 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

[Jaime Stuardo]

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:

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(ByVal Time As DateTime) As String
Return Format(Time.Year Mod 100, "00") + Format(Time.Month, "00") +
Format(Time.Day, "00") + Format(Time.Hour, "00") + Format(Time.Minute, "00")
+ Format(Time.Second, "00") + Format(Time.Millisecond \ 100, "0")
End Function

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

"Jaime Stuardo" <Ja**********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:02**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi all..

I have a WebMethod with a parameter defined as DateTime. When I call that
webservice, I get this error:
System.FormatException: 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