Hi !
Visual Studio Live at Austin will start soon, so I’ll pick up some of my drafts for a quick post.
How to create an XAML Converter to display a DateTime value in the local current format of the machine running the App
The converter code is very simple
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| using System; | |
| using Windows.UI.Xaml.Data; | |
| namespace ElBruno.UI.Converters | |
| { | |
| public class UtcToLocalDateTimeConverter : IValueConverter | |
| { | |
| public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, string language) | |
| { | |
| return DateTime.SpecifyKind(DateTime.Parse(value.ToString()), DateTimeKind.Utc).ToLocalTime(); | |
| } | |
| public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, string language) | |
| { | |
| throw new NotImplementedException(); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |
And the way to use it is also very easy
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| <Page | |
| …> | |
| <Page.Resources> | |
| <converters:UtcToLocalDateTimeConverter x:Key="UtcToLocalDateTimeConverter" /> | |
| </Page.Resources> | |
| … | |
| <TextBlock TextAlignment="Center" | |
| Run Text="{Binding SomeEntity.Date, Converter={StaticResource UtcToLocalDateTimeConverter}}" /> | |
| </TextBlock> | |
| … | |
| </Page> |
So I’ll leave it here so I’ll save some search time ! 😀
Greetings @ Austin VSLive
El Bruno
El Bruno 