C# DateTime DateTime(Int64)

Description

DateTime DateTime(Int64) initializes a new instance of the DateTime structure to a specified number of ticks.

Syntax

DateTime.DateTime(Int64) has the following syntax.

public DateTime(
  long ticks
)

Parameters

DateTime.DateTime(Int64) has the following parameters.

• ticks - A date and time expressed in the number of 100-nanosecond intervals that have elapsed since January 1, 0001 at 00:00:00.000 in the Gregorian calendar.

Example

The following example demonstrates one of the DateTime constructors.

using System;/*  w  w w .j a v  a 2 s . co  m*/
using System.Globalization;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        DateTime dt1 = new DateTime(DateTime.MaxValue.Ticks);

        Console.WriteLine(dt1);
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.