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DateTime Constructor (Int64, DateTimeKind)

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Initializes a new instance of the DateTime structure to a specified number of ticks and to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or local time.

Namespace:   System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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public:
DateTime(
	long long ticks,
	DateTimeKind kind
)

Parameters

ticks
Type: System::Int64

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.

kind
Type: System::DateTimeKind

One of the enumeration values that indicates whether ticks specifies a local time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or neither.

Exception Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

ticks is less than DateTime::MinValue or greater than DateTime::MaxValue.

ArgumentException

kind is not one of the DateTimeKind values.

For applications in which portability of date and time data or a limited degree of time zone awareness is important, you can use the corresponding DateTimeOffset constructor.

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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