How do i convert string date from xml to date time data type

Istudent Rana

My xml file:

John
5
01/08/2009 15:00:00

My object:

public class Student
{
public string Name { get; set; }

public DateTime BirthDate{ get; set; }

public int Grade { get; set; }

}

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Mageshwaran R6y ago
Hi,
Please refer the below link, it might helps you
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5677212/how-do-i-convert-datetime-net-datatype-to-w3c-xml-datetime-data-type-string-and
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Laxmidhar Sahoo7y ago
Hi Fisal you are currect .But bellow to convertion of xml given
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.xml;
namespace LINQtoXML {
   class ExampleOfXML {
      static void Main(string[] args) {
       XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(@"c:\\data.xml"); //you'll have to edit your path
         var lv1s = from lv1 in xdoc.Descendants("Student")
               select new(Student s) {
                   s.Name = lv1.Attribute("Name").Value,
                   s.BirthDate = lv1.Attribute("BirthDate").Value,
               };



         foreach (var item in lv1s) {
            Console.WriteLine("date - " + Convert.toDateTime(item.Value));
         }

         Console.WriteLine("\nPress any key to continue.");
         Console.ReadKey();
      }
   }
}
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Faisal Pathan7y ago
1. bar birthDate = XmlConvert.ToDateTime(s.Element("BirthDate").Value, XmlDateTimeSerializationMode.Utc);
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