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Class PdfDate

Namespace
iTextSharp.text.pdf
Assembly
iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core.dll

PdfDate is the PDF date object. PDF defines a standard date format. The PDF date format closely follows the format defined by the international standard ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One, defined in CCITT X.208 or ISO/IEC 8824). A date is a PdfString of the form: (D:YYYYMMDDHHmmSSOHH'mm') This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.3' section 7.2 (page 183-184) @see PdfString @see java.util.GregorianCalendar

public class PdfDate : PdfString
Inheritance
PdfDate
Inherited Members

Constructors

PdfDate()

Constructs a PdfDate -object, representing the current day and time.

public PdfDate()

PdfDate(DateTime)

constructors

public PdfDate(DateTime d)

Parameters

d DateTime

the date that has to be turned into a PdfDate -object

Methods

Decode(string)

Adds a number of leading zeros to a given string in order to get a string of a certain length.

public static DateTime Decode(string date)

Parameters

date string

Returns

DateTime

the resulting string

GetW3CDate()

Gives the W3C format of the PdfDate.

public string GetW3CDate()

Returns

string

a formatted date

GetW3CDate(string)

Gives the W3C format of the PdfDate.

public static string GetW3CDate(string d)

Parameters

d string

the date in the format D:YYYYMMDDHHmmSSOHH'mm'

Returns

string

a formatted date