Generate the UNIX style timestamp for DateTime.UtcNow : Date Time Util « Date Time « C# / C Sharp

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3. Date Time Util

Generate the UNIX style timestamp for DateTime.UtcNow

      

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Web;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;

public static class Utility
{


    public static DateTime ConvertToDateTime(string timestamp)
    {
        var dtbase = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 8, 0, 0, 0); // UTC +8
        return dtbase.AddSeconds(double.Parse(timestamp));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generate the UNIX style timestamp for DateTime.UtcNow        
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string GenerateTimeStamp(DateTime dt, bool isMiliseconds = false)
    {
        TimeSpan ts = dt - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
        if (isMiliseconds)
        {
            ts = dt - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 8, 0, 0, 0);
            return Convert.ToInt64(ts.TotalMilliseconds).ToString();
        }
        else
        {
            return Convert.ToInt64(ts.TotalSeconds).ToString();
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generate the UNIX style timestamp for DateTime.UtcNow        
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string GenerateTimeStamp()
    {
        return GenerateTimeStamp(DateTime.UtcNow);
    }
}

   
    
    
    
    
    
  

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