Datetime format

[lafama]

How does one control the datetime format of a property. I have tried the following

[TypeConverter(typeof(CustomDateTimeTypeConverter))]
public DateTime? Dob
{
get { return _dob; }
set { _dob = value; }
}

public class CustomDateTimeTypeConverter : DateTimeConverter
{
public override object ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture, object value, Type destinationType)
{
if (destinationType == typeof(string))
{
return ((DateTime)value).ToString("dd-MM-yyyy");
}
return base.ConvertTo(context, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, value, destinationType);
}
}

[JoshClose]

I will give you an example shortly here. Sorry for the slow reply.

Date formatting is probably a common enough thing to warrant a DateFormat property as a part of the configuration. I haven't got around to doing that yet.

[JoshClose]

What is wrong with what you were doing? That seemed to work fine for me.

[lafama]

Problem is this seems to work on my development machine but once i deploy it to the production server. It gives me errors

[JoshClose]

What are the errors you're seeing?

[JoshClose]

I'm closing this since I haven't heard back in 2 months.

[KevivL]

Do you have a config level / global type converter option or it needs to be attached on specific properties via type maps? Ex. When exporting, i want all dates written as yyyy-MM-dd. Is there a way to do that outside of on a per property basis in individual type maps?

[JoshClose]

Yes.

var options = new TypeConverterOptions
{
    Format = "yyy-MM-dd",
};
CsvHelper.TypeConversion.TypeConverterOptionsFactory.AddOptions<DateTime>(options);

[KevivL]

Actually... that looks to be global. So if in a process i'm reading and writing with differing standard formats, it's an issue right? I was hoping for something via the CsvConfiguration object? Since that's the object being passed to readers and writers. Is there a way to set that per reader / writer?

[JoshClose]

Not right now. It's planned though. #318

[TheCycoONE]

Took me hours to find this, could you put a TypeConverterOptionsFactory example on your page?

[SupremeMagus]

CsvHelper.TypeConversion.TypeConverterOptionsFactory

unable to find this class, using version 2.2.0

[JoshClose]

It was renamed to TypeConverterOptionsCache because it wasn't a factory.