{"id":15148,"date":"2024-03-15T10:38:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-you-get-a-timestamp-in-c\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:09:19","slug":"how-can-you-get-a-timestamp-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-you-get-a-timestamp-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you get a timestamp in C#?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In C#, you can use the Ticks property of the DateTime structure to obtain a timestamp.<\/p>\n<p>A timestamp is the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since a specific time (usually midnight UTC on January 1, 1970).<\/p>\n<p>Here is the method to obtain the current timestamp:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>DateTime currentTime = DateTime.UtcNow;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">long<\/span> timestamp = currentTime.Ticks \/ TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The code above converts the current time to UTC time, then uses the Ticks property to get the total number of ticks from DateTime.MinValue (i.e. midnight of January 1, 0001) to the current time, and then divides by TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond to get the timestamp.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the DateTime.UtcNow method retrieves the current UTC time, while the DateTime.Now method retrieves the current local time. Choose the appropriate method depending on your needs.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if you need to use timestamps in a specific time zone, you can use the DateTimeOffset structure to obtain them. The method is similar:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>DateTimeOffset currentTime = DateTimeOffset.Now;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">long<\/span> timestamp = currentTime.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds();\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Here, the ToUnixTimeMilliseconds() method is used to directly convert a DateTimeOffset object to a timestamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In C#, you can use the Ticks property of the DateTime structure to obtain a timestamp. A timestamp is the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since a specific time (usually midnight UTC on January 1, 1970). 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