This static method returns an OracleTimeStampTZ structure and sets its value for date and time using the supplied string.

Declaration

// C#
public static OracleTimeStampTZ Parse(string tsStr);

Parameters

• tsStr

  A string that represents an Oracle TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE.

Return Value

An OracleTimeStampTZ structure.

Exceptions

ArgumentException - The tsStr is an invalid string representation of an Oracle TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE or the tsStr is not in the timestamp format specified by the OracleGlobalization.TimeStampTZFormat property of the thread, which represents the Oracle NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT parameter.

ArgumentNullException - The tsStr value 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.Client;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Types;
 
class ParseSample
{
  static void Main()
  {
    // Set the nls_timestamp_tz_format for the Parse() method
    OracleGlobalization info = OracleGlobalization.GetClientInfo();
    info.TimeStampTZFormat = "DD-MON-YYYY HH:MI:SS.FF AM TZR";
    OracleGlobalization.SetThreadInfo(info);
    
    // construct OracleTimeStampTZ from a string using the format specified.
    OracleTimeStampTZ tstz = OracleTimeStampTZ.Parse("11-NOV-1999 " +
      "11:02:33.444 AM US/Pacific");
      
    // Set the nls_timestamp_tz_format for the ToString() method
    info.TimeStampTZFormat = "YYYY-MON-DD HH:MI:SS.FF AM TZR";
    OracleGlobalization.SetThreadInfo(info);
 
    // Prints "1999-NOV-11 11:02:33.444000000 AM US/Pacific"
    Console.WriteLine(tstz.ToString());   
  }
}