TomlDateTimeFormatAttribute

Overview

The TomlDateTimeFormatAttribute can be applied to any DateTime field to serialize it as a specific date-time format.

NOTE: This attribute has no effect on deserialization, as the date-time format is inferred from the TOML document.

Effect

When applied to a field, it will serialize the DateTime as a specific date-time format when serializing to TOML.

The value will be serialized according to the specified format string.

Public Properties

• DateTimeFormat : string (get) - The format string to use when serializing the DateTime.

Usage

Example

[Serializable]
public class FileInfo
{
    private string _name;
    private long _sizeInBytes;
    
    [TomlDateTimeFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")]
    private DateTime _lastModified;
}

Would serialize into...

name = "file.txt"
sizeInBytes = 1024
lastModified = 2020-01-01

Notice that the _lastModified field is serialized as a specific date-time format.