IniFile: GetDateTime

GetDateTime

Returns a CorDateTime value from the specified key in the specified section of an INI file.



 Public Function GetDateTime(
	  ByRef Section As String,
	  ByRef Key As String,
	  Optional ByVal Default As CorDateTime ) As CorDateTime

Parameters

Section
[ByRef] String. The section within the INI file to search for the key.
Key
[ByRef] String. The key in the section of an INI file to retrieve the value of.
Default
[ByVal] Optional. CorDateTime. The default value to return if the key is not found in the section, or the value could not be converted to a CorDateTime.

Return Values

CorDateTime - 

Remarks

An INI file contains all values as strings. The value is converted back into a CorDateTime using the CorDateTime.TryParse function. If an error occurs, then the default is returned.

Passing in Nothing as the default will return CorDateTime.MinValue.

See Also

Project CorLib Overview

Class IniFile Overview