C++/CLI Code Snippet - Returns current UNIX timestamp

C++/CLI Code Snippet - Returns current UNIX timestamp

This C++/CLI 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.

System::Int64 UnixTimeNow()
{
    TimeSpan _TimeSpan = (DateTime::UtcNow - DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0));
    return safe_cast<System::Int64>(_TimeSpan.TotalSeconds);
}

C++/CLI Keywords Used:

• TimeSpan
• DateTime
• UtcNow
• safe_cast
• TotalSeconds

Code Snippet Information:

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

External Resources:

• DateTime Structure
• TimeSpan Structure
• safe_cast
• C++/CLI
• Unix time

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