GetDateTime Method

Article
09/27/2010

Gets the value of the specified column as a DateTime object.

Namespace: System.Data.SqlServerCe
Assembly: System.Data.SqlServerCe (in System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function GetDateTime ( _
    ordinal As Integer _
) As DateTime
'Usage
Dim instance As SqlCeDataReader
Dim ordinal As Integer
Dim returnValue As DateTime

returnValue = instance.GetDateTime(ordinal)

public override DateTime GetDateTime(
    int ordinal
)

public:
virtual DateTime GetDateTime(
    int ordinal
) override

abstract GetDateTime : 
        ordinal:int -> DateTime 
override GetDateTime : 
        ordinal:int -> DateTime

public override function GetDateTime(
    ordinal : int
) : DateTime

Parameters

ordinal
Type: System. . :: . .Int32
The zero-based column ordinal.

Return Value

Type: System. . :: . .DateTime
The value of the specified column.

Implements

IDataRecord. . :: . .GetDateTime(Int32)

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidCastException	The specified cast is not valid.
SqlNullValueException	The value is null Nothing nullptr unit a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) .
InvalidOperationException	The operation is not valid. The SqlCeDataReader may be positioned after the last row in the result set.

Remarks

No conversions are performed; therefore, the data retrieved must already be a DateTime object.

Call IsDBNull to check for null values before calling this method.