This method gets an OracleDate structure and sets its value for date and time using the supplied string.

Declaration

// C#
public static OracleDate Parse (string dateStr);

Parameters

• dateStr

  A string that represents an Oracle DATE.

Return Value

An OracleDate structure.

Exceptions

ArgumentException - The dateStr is an invalid string representation of an Oracle DATE or the dateStr is not in the date format specified by the thread's OracleGlobalization.DateFormat property, which represents the Oracle NLS_DATE_FORMAT parameter.

ArgumentNullException - The dateStr is null.

Remarks

The names and abbreviations used for months and days are in the language specified by the DateLanguage and Calendar properties of the thread's OracleGlobalization object. If any of the thread's globalization properties are set to null or an empty string, the client computer's settings are used.

Example

// C#
 
using System;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Types;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client;
 
class ParseSample
{
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    // Set the thread's DateFormat for the OracleDate constructor
    OracleGlobalization info = OracleGlobalization.GetClientInfo();
    info.DateFormat = "YYYY-MON-DD";
    OracleGlobalization.SetThreadInfo(info);
    
    // Construct OracleDate from a string using the DateFormat specified
    OracleDate date = OracleDate.Parse("1999-DEC-01");
    
    // Set a different DateFormat on the thread for ToString() 
    info.DateFormat = "MM-DD-YY";
    OracleGlobalization.SetThreadInfo(info);
 
    // Print "12-01-1999"
    Console.WriteLine(date.ToString()); 
  }
}