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I have the following user setting defined in app.config:
<userSettings>
<MyProject.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="LastProcessedDate" serializeAs="String">
<value>07/06/2010 13:05:10</value>
</setting>
</MyProject.Properties.Settings>
</userSettings>
Is there a way to specify that this setting should be serialized with the milliseconds – e.g. 07/06/2010 13:05:10.181 – so that I can accurately compare it to a SQL Server datetime field?
Unfortunately, you can’t save millisecond values in settings. Deep down in the System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyValue.ConvertObjectToString method the DateTime value is converted to a string using the TypeConverter.ConvertToInvariantString method which doesn’t produce milliseconds.
If you really want that level of accuracy and you must save it in the user settings, you should use a different parameter type like string using a custom format that includes milliseconds. None of the standard time formats includes milliseconds.