AFTime Structure

<SerializableAttribute>
Public Structure AFTime
	Implements IComparable, IComparable(Of AFTime), 
	IEquatable(Of AFTime), IFormattable

Dim instance As AFTime

[SerializableAttribute]
public value class AFTime : IComparable, 
	IComparable<AFTime>, IEquatable<AFTime>, IFormattable

[<SealedAttribute>]
[<SerializableAttribute>]
type AFTime =  
    struct
        interface IComparable
        interface IComparable<AFTime>
        interface IEquatable<AFTime>
        interface IFormattable
    end

' This example shows how to use the AFTime class
' to convert between AFTime, PI time strings, and common time strings.

' Display current time in UtcSeconds
Console.WriteLine("Now (in UtcSeconds) = {0}", AFTime.Now.UtcSeconds)

' Create an AFTime from a PITime formatted string
Dim oneHourAgo As AFTime = New OSIsoft.AF.Time.AFTime("*-1h", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)
Console.WriteLine("One Hour Ago = {0}", oneHourAgo.LocalTime)

' Create an AFTime without throwing an exception for an invalid string
Dim input As String = "Y+4dd"
Dim result As AFTime
If Not AFTime.TryParse(input, result) Then
    Console.WriteLine("Input '{0}' was not valid.", input)
Else
    Console.WriteLine("Input '{0}' = {1}", input, result.LocalTime)
End If

' Create an AFTime from a date string
Dim y2k As AFTime = New OSIsoft.AF.Time.AFTime("1/1/2000 12:00:00 AM", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
Console.WriteLine("Y2K, Locally = {0}", y2k.LocalTime)

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' This example shows how to serialize an AFTime
Dim time As AFTime = AFTime.Now
Console.WriteLine("Time = {0}", time.LocalTime)

' Serialize using Json
Dim parametersJson As String = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(time)
Dim restoredJsonTime As AFTime = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Of AFTime)(parametersJson)
Console.WriteLine("Restored Time from Json = {0}", restoredJsonTime.LocalTime)

' Serialize using XmlSerializer
Dim restoredXmlTime As AFTime
Using stream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream()
    Dim serializer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(AFTime))
    serializer.Serialize(stream, time)
    stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin)
    restoredXmlTime = DirectCast(serializer.Deserialize(stream), AFTime)
End Using
Console.WriteLine("Restored Time from XmlSerializer = {0}", restoredXmlTime.LocalTime)

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