Time from epoch (1970)

[Qualitiedx]

Hello ninjaz,

i have a question..is there a way i could get the time from the starting of the epoch ( 1970 ) in miliseconds and in seconds?
i couldn't figure this out...

thanks in advance

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

Qualitiedx,

I am happy to assist you.

What are you using this for? Could you please clarify?

This would just be factoring in the number of years that elapsed, then accounting for months, days, hours, minutes, etc.

Please let me know if I may assist further.

[mrlogik]

Epoch typically is the number of milliseconds (which should include leap seconds / milliseconds) starting from 1970; you can use any start time / date as a start reference point if you'd like.

Basically, you can make use of .NET DateTime object.

private DateTime startOfEpoch = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1);

The above can be used as a referenced

double cTime = (startOfEpoch).TotalMilliseconds;

cTime in this case should have the current time in epoch.

This is done from memory, but should get you started.

good luck, and happy holidays!