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Convert UNIX Timestamp to System.DateTime

This is a snippet to convert a UNIX timestamp to a readable System.DateTime value

Submitted By: PsychoCoder
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Language: C#
Last Modified: June 30, 2008
Instructions: Pass the timestamp you wish to convert and the method will return the Datetime value for it

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  1. /// <summary>
  2. /// method for converting a UNIX timestamp to a regular
  3. /// System.DateTime value (and also to the current local time)
  4. /// </summary>
  5. /// <param name="timestamp">value to be converted</param>
  6. /// <returns>converted DateTime in string format</returns>
  7. private DateTime ConvertTimestamp(double timestamp)
  8. {
  9.     //create a new DateTime value based on the Unix Epoch
  10.     DateTime converted = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
  11.  
  12.     //add the timestamp to the value
  13.     converted.AddSeconds(timestamp);
  14.  
  15.     //return the value in string format
  16.     return converted.ToLocalTime();
  17. }

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