Working with DateTime and Unix Time Stamps or Universal time (UTC) in C#
Here is the code I used. You should be able to learn everything you need to know by evaluating it.
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace UTC { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { DateTime dt = DateTime.Now; Console.WriteLine("Outputting the type of DateTime object used:"); Console.WriteLine(dt.Kind); Console.WriteLine("\nOutputting the current time as is:"); Console.WriteLine(dt); Console.WriteLine("\nOutputting the current time using the ToUniversalTime() function:"); Console.WriteLine(dt.ToUniversalTime()); Console.WriteLine("\nOutputting the current time using the ToFileTime() function:"); Console.WriteLine(dt.ToFileTime()); Console.WriteLine("\nOutputting the current time using the ToFileTimeUtc() function:"); Console.WriteLine(dt.ToFileTimeUtc()); Console.WriteLine("\nOutputting the current time using the Ticks property:"); Console.WriteLine(dt.ToFileTimeUtc()); Console.WriteLine("\nCreating a DateTime and setting it as follows:\nDateTime udt1 = DateTime.Parse(\"1/1/1970\");"); DateTime udt1 = DateTime.Parse("1/1/1970"); Console.WriteLine(udt1); Console.WriteLine("\nCreating a DateTime and setting it as follows:\nnew DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);"); DateTime udt2 = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0); Console.WriteLine(udt1); Console.WriteLine("\nOutputting the time stamp of this Unix Time Stamp value: 1254322574 (seconds)\nTo do this i use these lines:\n DateTime udt1 = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);\n udt.AddSeconds(1254322574448);"); Console.WriteLine(udt1.AddSeconds(1254322574)); Console.WriteLine("\nOutputting the time stamp of this Unix Time Stamp value: 1254322574789 (milliseconds)\nTo do this i use these lines:\n DateTime udt1 = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);\n udt.AddMilliseconds(1254322574448);"); Console.WriteLine(udt1.AddMilliseconds(1254322574789)); } } }
Ok, so here is the output:
Outputting the type of DateTime object used:
LocalOutputting the current time as is:
9/30/2009 3:49:18 PMOutputting the current time using the ToUniversalTime() function:
9/30/2009 9:49:18 PMOutputting the current time using the ToFileTime() function:
128988209584600486Outputting the current time using the ToFileTimeUtc() function:
128988209584600486Outputting the current time using the Ticks property:
128988209584600486Creating a DateTime and setting it as follows:
DateTime udt1 = DateTime.Parse(“1/1/1970”);
1/1/1970 12:00:00 AMCreating a DateTime and setting it as follows:
new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
1/1/1970 12:00:00 AMOutputting the time stamp of this Unix Time Stamp value: 1254322574 (seconds)
To do this i use these lines:
DateTime udt1 = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
udt.AddSeconds(1254322574448);
9/30/2009 2:56:14 PMOutputting the time stamp of this Unix Time Stamp value: 1254322574789 (milliseconds)
To do this i use these lines:
DateTime udt1 = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
udt.AddMilliseconds(1254322574448);
9/30/2009 2:56:14 PM
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