to_date_time method

to_date_time()

Returns the property value as DateTime in UTC.

def to_date_time(self):
    ...

Remarks

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

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.

doc = aw.Document()
doc.custom_document_properties.add(name='AuthorizationDate', value=datetime.datetime.now())
authorization_date = doc.custom_document_properties.get_by_name('AuthorizationDate').to_date_time()
print(f'Document authorized on {authorization_date}')

See Also

DocumentProperty.to_byte_array method DocumentProperty.to_double method