How to convert Milliseconds to date format in C#?
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Solution 1
Start by converting your milliseconds to a TimeSpan
:
var time = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(milliseconds);
Now, in .NET 4 you can call .ToString()
with a format string argument. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.timespan.tostring.aspx
In previous versions of .NET, you'll have to manually construct the formatted string from the TimeSpan's properties.
Solution 2
new DateTime(numTicks * 10000)
The DateTime(long ticks) constructor is what you need. Each tick represents 100 nanoseconds so multiply by 10000 to get to 1 millisecond.
Solution 3
If the milliseconds is based on UNIX epoch time, then you can use:
var posixTime = DateTime.SpecifyKind(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1), DateTimeKind.Utc);
var time = posixTime.AddMilliseconds(milliSecs);
Solution 4
This worked for me:
DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeMilliseconds(milliseconds);
You can get just the DateTime from that if you need it.
Solution 5
Here you go:
public static class UnixDateTime
{
public static DateTimeOffset FromUnixTimeSeconds(long seconds)
{
if (seconds < -62135596800L || seconds > 253402300799L)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("seconds", seconds, "");
return new DateTimeOffset(seconds * 10000000L + 621355968000000000L, TimeSpan.Zero);
}
public static DateTimeOffset FromUnixTimeMilliseconds(long milliseconds)
{
if (milliseconds < -62135596800000L || milliseconds > 253402300799999L)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("milliseconds", milliseconds, "");
return new DateTimeOffset(milliseconds * 10000L + 621355968000000000L, TimeSpan.Zero);
}
public static long ToUnixTimeSeconds(this DateTimeOffset utcDateTime)
{
return utcDateTime.Ticks / 10000000L - 62135596800L;
}
public static long ToUnixTimeMilliseconds(this DateTimeOffset utcDateTime)
{
return utcDateTime.Ticks / 10000L - 62135596800000L;
}
[Test]
public void UnixSeconds()
{
DateTime utcNow = DateTime.UtcNow;
DateTimeOffset utcNowOffset = new DateTimeOffset(utcNow);
long unixTimestampInSeconds = utcNowOffset.ToUnixTimeSeconds();
DateTimeOffset utcNowOffsetTest = UnixDateTime.FromUnixTimeSeconds(unixTimestampInSeconds);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Year, utcNowOffsetTest.Year);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Month, utcNowOffsetTest.Month);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Date, utcNowOffsetTest.Date);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Hour, utcNowOffsetTest.Hour);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Minute, utcNowOffsetTest.Minute);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Second, utcNowOffsetTest.Second);
}
[Test]
public void UnixMilliseconds()
{
DateTime utcNow = DateTime.UtcNow;
DateTimeOffset utcNowOffset = new DateTimeOffset(utcNow);
long unixTimestampInMilliseconds = utcNowOffset.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds();
DateTimeOffset utcNowOffsetTest = UnixDateTime.FromUnixTimeMilliseconds(unixTimestampInMilliseconds);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Year, utcNowOffsetTest.Year);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Month, utcNowOffsetTest.Month);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Date, utcNowOffsetTest.Date);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Hour, utcNowOffsetTest.Hour);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Minute, utcNowOffsetTest.Minute);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Second, utcNowOffsetTest.Second);
Assert.AreEqual(utcNowOffset.Millisecond, utcNowOffsetTest.Millisecond);
}
}
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