This static type conversion operator converts the supplied string to an OracleTimeStamp structure.

Declaration

// C#
public static explicit operator OracleTimeStamp(string tsStr);

Parameters

• tsStr

  A string representation of an Oracle TIMESTAMP.

Return Value

An OracleTimeStamp.

Exceptions

ArgumentException - The tsStr is an invalid string representation of an Oracle TIMESTAMP or the tsStr is not in the timestamp format specified by the thread's OracleGlobalization.TimeStampFormat property, which represents the Oracle NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT parameter.

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 OracleTimeStampSample
{
  static void Main()
  {
    // Set the nls_timestamp_format for the explicit
    // operator OracleTimeStamp(string)
    OracleGlobalization info = OracleGlobalization.GetClientInfo();
    info.TimeStampFormat = "DD-MON-YYYY HH:MI:SS.FF AM";
    OracleGlobalization.SetThreadInfo(info);
    
    // construct OracleTimeStamp from a string using the format specified.
    OracleTimeStamp ts = new OracleTimeStamp("11-NOV-1999 11:02:33.444 AM");
    
    // Set the nls_timestamp_format for the ToString method
    info.TimeStampFormat = "YYYY-MON-DD HH:MI:SS.FF AM";
    OracleGlobalization.SetThreadInfo(info);
 
    // Prints "1999-NOV-11 11:02:33.444000000 AM"   
    Console.WriteLine(ts.ToString());    
  }
}