DateTime into equivalent long value

[San]

We are facing problem in converting the DateTime into equivalent long value in .NET, we need to pass this long value back to Java server. is this possible? if yes please send us some suggestion on the same.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

San <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

We are facing problem in converting the DateTime into equivalent long
value in .NET, we need to pass this long value back to Java server.
is this possible? if yes please send us some suggestion on the same.

Well, there's DateTime.Ticks - but that won't get you back the
equivalent java.util.Date if you pass it into the Date constructor.

To be honest, the best way of transferring a date in a portable fashion
is as a string in a well-defined format (such as ISO8601). If you don't
care about the timezone information being preserved, you may find it
easiest to convert to UTC first.

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

San <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

We are facing problem in converting the DateTime into equivalent long
value in .NET, we need to pass this long value back to Java server.
is this possible? if yes please send us some suggestion on the same.

Well, there's DateTime.Ticks - but that won't get you back the
equivalent java.util.Date if you pass it into the Date constructor.

To be honest, the best way of transferring a date in a portable fashion
is as a string in a well-defined format (such as ISO8601). If you don't
care about the timezone information being preserved, you may find it
easiest to convert to UTC first.

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
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