Serialize DateTime to a 64-bit binary value in CSharp
Description
The following code shows how to serialize DateTime to a 64-bit binary value.
Example
/*w w w . jav a 2 s.c o m*/
using System;
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
DateTime localDate = new DateTime(2014, 3, 14, 2, 30, 0, DateTimeKind.Local);
long binLocal = localDate.ToBinary();
if (TimeZoneInfo.Local.IsInvalidTime(localDate))
Console.WriteLine("{0} is an invalid time in the {1} zone.",
localDate,
TimeZoneInfo.Local.StandardName);
DateTime localDate2 = DateTime.FromBinary(binLocal);
Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}: {2}",
localDate, localDate2, localDate.Equals(localDate2));
}
}
The code above generates the following result.