Writing a date and time into an xml attribute with the DateTime datatype

[Andy B]

How do you write date and times into an attribute with a datetime databype?
I tried:
<NewsArticle Date="2008-05-11 11:20:00 AM">

But the schema generated from the xml file says the Date attribute is a
string. Then I tried:

<NewsArticle Date = 2008-05-11 11:20:00 Pm>

Again, this didn't work because the conversion program complained and told
me there was a parser error because there weren't quotes or apostrophes
around the date string. How do I fix this?

[Martin Honnen]

Andy B wrote:

How do you write date and times into an attribute with a datetime databype?
I tried:
<NewsArticle Date="2008-05-11 11:20:00 AM">

Use the methods the XML APIs provide e.g.
writer.WriteStartElement("NewsArticle");
writer.WriteStartAttribute("Date");
writer.WriteValue(DateTime.Now);
writer.WriteEndAttribute();
writer.WriteEndElement();
gives e.g.

<NewsArticle Date="2008-08-26T12:40:17.890625+02:00" />

But the schema generated from the xml file says the Date attribute is a
string.

I am not sure however the inference will try to infer an xs:dateTime
value but you can try that yourself.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Andy B]

Got it.

"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yahoo.dewrote in message
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Andy B wrote:

>How do you write date and times into an attribute with a datetime
databype? I tried:
<NewsArticle Date="2008-05-11 11:20:00 AM">

Use the methods the XML APIs provide e.g.
writer.WriteStartElement("NewsArticle");
writer.WriteStartAttribute("Date");
writer.WriteValue(DateTime.Now);
writer.WriteEndAttribute();
writer.WriteEndElement();
gives e.g.

<NewsArticle Date="2008-08-26T12:40:17.890625+02:00" />

>But the schema generated from the xml file says the Date attribute is a
string.

I am not sure however the inference will try to infer an xs:dateTime value
but you can try that yourself.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/