ArcObjects Library Reference (System)  

ITimeExtent Interface

Provides access to members that control the Time Extent.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Description

The ITimeExtent interface is used to work with a specific perid of time.  It includes a Start Time and an End Time, but can also provide the length of time between the start time and the end time.  Note that the period of time is contiguous, so there are no gaps in the ITimeExtent.

Members

Description
Read/write property Empty Indicates whether the time extent is empty.
Read/write property EndTime The time extent's end time.
Method Intersect Adjust to intersect with the input time value.
Method Project Projects this time value from its time reference, to a given time reference.
Method ProjectFromUTC Projects this time value from UTC, to its time reference.
Method ProjectToUTC Projects this time value from its time reference, to UTC.
Method QueryTimeDuration Obtains the time extent's time duration.
Method SetExtent Writes start and end time, with copies of the input time values.
Read/write property StartTime The time extent's start time.
Read/write property TimeReference The time reference associated with the time value.
Method Union Adjust to ovelap the input time value.

Inherited Interfaces

Interfaces Description
ITimeValue Provides access to members that control the Time Value.

CoClasses that implement ITimeExtent

CoClasses and Classes Description
TimeExtent An object that represents a time-referenced time extent.

.NET Samples

Make a custom time slider (Code Files: CustomTimeSliderButton TimeSliderDialog) | Set the time extents for a layer then render the layer (Code Files: SetTimeExtentsButton) |