Seconds since 1.1.1970 to DateTime 1

[juhaka]

Hi!

My program gets a timestamp (4 byte integer), which is seconds since 1.1.1970 00:00 UTC. What is the easiest way to convert the timestamp to DateTime -object? There must be some ready method for it!? But I haven't found any :O(...
Or must I do a DateTime -object for base time (1.1.1970) and add the seconds to it?

br. Juha Ka

 

[chiph]

Juha -

That's what I would do - start with your Epoch date and add that many seconds.

Chip H.


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[seanbo]

DIV and MOD methods would no doubt come in useful here. i don't think they're included with the standared api, and i know they're not included within Math (unless they're hidden by another name). i would probably write these methods first.

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[chiph]

seanbo -

No need - the DateTime structure already has a method for that:

DateTime dtEpochDate = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1);
DateTime dtSomeDate = dtEpochDate.AddSeconds(SecondsSinceEpoch);

Chip H.


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[juhaka]

Thanks,Chiph

I just found the same way to do it, but thanks anyway for your time!

br. Juha Ka