Time function

[nick.stefanov]

Is there a time fuction in C# similar to ctime in C that can convert to
a calendar date and time from seconds from January 1, 1970. Thanks.

Nick

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Is there a time fuction in C# similar to ctime in C that can convert to
a calendar date and time from seconds from January 1, 1970. Thanks.

The simplest way to do that would be:

DateTime baseTime = new DateTime (1970, 1, 1);
DateTime date = baseTime.AddSeconds(seconds);

 

[nick.stefanov]

Looks good. Will try it.

 

[nick.stefanov]

Works great! Thanks

 

[kevin cline]

It's not quite the same thing -- ctime converts a time in seconds since
1/1/1970 12:00 AM GMT to a local time string. To do the same thing in
C#, you need to convert to local time before printing the date:

string ctime(int seconds /* since 12:00AM GMT 1/1/1970 */ )
{
DateTime baseTime = new DateTime (1970, 1, 1);
return baseTime.AddSeconds(seconds).ToLocalTime()
.ToString("ddd MMM dd hh:mm:ss yyyy");
}

 

[nick.stefanov]

You are correct. Thank you very much.