Set DateTime in ItemAdding/ItemAdded

Question

When trying to set a date field's value in an event receiver I get the following error (from the SP log file).  How should I be setting the date field's value?

Field in List Definition:
<Field ID="{...}"
    Name="DateField"
    Type="DateTime"
    Format="DateTime"
    StorageTZ="UTC"
    DisplayName="Date Field"
    Description="..."
    SourceID="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3"
    Required="FALSE"/>

ItemAdding() snippet:
properties.AfterProperties[fields["Date Field"].InternalName] = SPUtility.CreateISO8601DateTimeFromSystemDateTime(DateTime.Now).ToString();

A trace of what SPUtility returns:
2008-09-30T10:53:28Z

Error in log:
Error loading and running event receiver <...>.<...>ListItemHandler in <...>, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=<...>. Additional information is below.  : Value does not fall within the expected range.

Answer 1

It looks right.. Add a breakpoint in your ItemAdding event.

Then add:
properties.AfterProperties["Date Field"]
and
fields["Date Field"].InternalName

to your watch list to see which one is broken.

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Answer 2

You're setting your property as a string it should  be set as Date Time.

Hope it helps,


Rafael