This method returns the DateTimeOffset value of a TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE column. DateTimeOffset represents a point in time. It is generally expressed as a date and time relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Declaration

// C#
public override DateTimeOffset GetDateTimeOffset(int index);

Parameters

• index

  The zero-based column index.

Return Value

The DateTimeOffset value of the column.

Implements

IDataRecord

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException - The connection is closed, the reader is closed, Read() has not been called, or all rows have been read.

IndexOutOfRangeException - The column index is invalid.

InvalidCastException - The accessor method is invalid for this column type or the column value is NULL.

Remarks

• This method can be called only on a TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE column.

• IsDBNull should be called to check for NULL values before calling this method.