How to get correct timestamp in C#
Your mistake is using new DateTime()
, which returns January 1, 0001 at 00:00:00.000 instead of current date and time. The correct syntax to get current date and time is DateTime.Now, so change this:
String timeStamp = GetTimestamp(new DateTime());
to this:
String timeStamp = GetTimestamp(DateTime.Now);
var Timestamp = new DateTimeOffset(DateTime.UtcNow).ToUnixTimeSeconds();
var timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToFileTime();
//output: 132260149842749745
This is an alternative way to individuate distinct transactions. It's not unix time, but windows filetime.
From the docs:
A Windows file time is a 64-bit value that represents the number of 100-
nanosecond intervals that have elapsed since 12:00 midnight, January 1, 1601
A.D. (C.E.) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).