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How do I cast a Bloomberg DateTime to System.DateTime

What is the preferred way to cast a BBG DateTime to normal System?

DateTime px_close_dt = (DateTime) fields.GetElementAsDatetime("PX_CLOSE_DT");

Bloomberglp.Blpapi.DateTime is returned...

This gives cast error

Solution

  • You need to use the method ToSystemDateTime(); like:

    DateTime px_close_dt = fields.GetElementAsDatetime("PX_CLOSE_DT").ToSystemDateTime();

    See: DateTime.ToSystemDateTime

    Converts this BLP Datetime object into System.DateTime object.