C# Code Snippet - Returns current UNIX timestamp

C# Code Snippet - Returns current UNIX timestamp

This C# code snippet returns current UNIX timestamp. This timestamp is a long integer containing the number of seconds between the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT) and the time specified.

public long UnixTimeNow()
{
    TimeSpan _TimeSpan = (DateTime.UtcNow - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0));
    return (long)_TimeSpan.TotalSeconds;
}

C# Keywords Used:

• TimeSpan
• DateTime
• UtcNow
• TotalSeconds

Code Snippet Information:

• Applies To: .Net, C#, Date/Time, Timestamp, Unix Time
• Programming Language : C#

External Resources:

• DateTime Structure
• TimeSpan Structure
• Unix time

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