toDateTime method

toDateTime()

Returns the property value as DateTime in UTC.

toDateTime()

Remarks

Throws an exception if the property type is not PropertyType.DateTime.

Microsoft Word stores only the date part (no time) for custom date properties.

Examples

Shows how to create a custom document property which contains a date and time.

let doc = new aw.Document();

let date = new Date(2024, 6, 9);
doc.customDocumentProperties.add("AuthorizationDate", date);

//console.log(`Document authorized on ${doc.customDocumentProperties.at("AuthorizationDate")}`);

Shows various type conversion methods of custom document properties.

let doc = new aw.Document();
let properties = doc.customDocumentProperties;

let authDate = new Date(2024, 9, 5);
properties.add("Authorized", true);
properties.add("Authorized By", "John Doe");
properties.add("Authorized Date", authDate);
properties.add("Authorized Revision", doc.builtInDocumentProperties.revisionNumber);
properties.add("Authorized Amount", 123.45);

expect(properties.at("Authorized").toBool()).toEqual(true);
expect(properties.at("Authorized By").toString()).toEqual("John Doe");
expect(properties.at("Authorized Date").toDateTime()).toEqual(authDate);
expect(properties.at("Authorized Revision").toInt()).toEqual(1);
expect(properties.at("Authorized Amount").type).toEqual(aw.Properties.PropertyType.Double);
expect(properties.at("Authorized Amount").toDouble()).toEqual(123.45);

See Also

• module Aspose.Words.Properties
• class DocumentProperty